Isaiah 9:16

9:16 The leaders of this nation were misleading people,

and the people being led were destroyed. ¹ 

Isaiah 32:18

32:18 My people will live in peaceful settlements,

in secure homes,

and in safe, quiet places. ² 

Isaiah 33:3

33:3 The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; ³ 

the nations scatter when you spring into action! ⁴ 

Isaiah 33:12

33:12 The nations will be burned to ashes; ⁵ 

like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.

Isaiah 43:8

The Lord Declares His Sovereignty

43:8 Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes,

those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

Isaiah 63:6

63:6 I trampled nations in my anger,

I made them drunk ⁶  in my rage,

I splashed their blood on the ground.” ⁷ 

Isaiah 63:18

63:18 For a short time your special ⁸  nation possessed a land, ⁹ 

but then our adversaries knocked down ¹⁰  your holy sanctuary.

[9:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and the ones being led were swallowed up.” Instead of taking מְבֻלָּעִים (mÿbulla’im) from בָּלַע (bala’, “to swallow”), HALOT 134 s.v. בלע proposes a rare homonymic root בלע (“confuse”) here.

[32:18]  ² tn Or “in safe resting places”; NAB, NRSV “quiet resting places.”

[33:3]  ³ tn Heb “at the sound of tumult the nations run away.”

[33:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “because of your exaltation the nations scatter.”

[33:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.

[63:6]  ⁵ sn See Isa 49:26 and 51:23 for similar imagery.

[63:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I brought down to the ground their juice.” “Juice” refers to their blood (see v. 3).

[63:18]  ⁶ tn Or “holy” (ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT).

[63:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “for a short time they had a possession, the people of your holiness.”

[63:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “your adversaries trampled on.”