Isaiah 9:21

9:21 Manasseh fought against ¹  Ephraim,

and Ephraim against Manasseh;

together they fought against Judah.

Despite all this, his anger does not subside,

and his hand is ready to strike again. ² 

Isaiah 45:21

45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! ³ 

Let them consult with one another!

Who predicted this in the past?

Who announced it beforehand?

Was it not I, the Lord?

I have no peer, there is no God but me,

a God who vindicates and delivers; ⁴ 

there is none but me.

Isaiah 65:7

65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” ⁵  says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and offended ⁶  me on the hills,

I will punish them in full measure.” ⁷ 

[9:21]  ¹ tn The words “fought against” are supplied in the translation both here and later in this verse for stylistic reasons.

[9:21]  ² tn Heb “in all this his anger is not turned, and still his hand is outstretched” (KJV and ASV both similar); NIV “his hand is still upraised.”

[45:21]  ³ tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.

[45:21]  ⁴ tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”

[65:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”

[65:7]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”

[65:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.