Yesaya 1:24

1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, ¹ 

the powerful ruler of Israel, ²  says this:

“Ah, I will seek vengeance ³  against my adversaries,

I will take revenge against my enemies. ⁴ 

Yesaya 10:20

10:20 At that time ⁵  those left in Israel, those who remain of the family ⁶  of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. ⁷  Instead they will truly ⁸  rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. ⁹ 

Yesaya 17:7

17:7 At that time ¹⁰  men will trust in their creator; ¹¹ 

they will depend on ¹²  the Holy One of Israel. ¹³ 

Yesaya 29:19

29:19 The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord;

the poor among humankind will take delight ¹⁴  in the Holy One of Israel. ¹⁵ 

Yesaya 37:23

37:23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted

and looked so arrogantly? ¹⁶ 

At the Holy One of Israel! ¹⁷ 

Yesaya 43:3

43:3 For I am the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ¹⁸  your deliverer.

I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,

Ethiopia and Seba ¹⁹  in place of you.

Yesaya 43:14

The Lord Will Do Something New

43:14 This is what the Lord says,

your protector, ²⁰  the Holy One of Israel: ²¹ 

“For your sake I send to Babylon

and make them all fugitives, ²² 

turning the Babylonians’ joyful shouts into mourning songs. ²³ 

Yesaya 45:11

45:11 This is what the Lord says,

the Holy One of Israel, ²⁴  the one who formed him,

concerning things to come: ²⁵ 

“How dare you question me ²⁶  about my children!

How dare you tell me what to do with ²⁷  the work of my own hands!

Yesaya 49:26

49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;

they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. ²⁸ 

Then all humankind ²⁹  will recognize that

I am the Lord, your deliverer,

your protector, ³⁰  the powerful ruler of Jacob.” ³¹ 

Yesaya 55:5

55:5 Look, you will summon nations ³²  you did not previously know;

nations ³³  that did not previously know you will run to you,

because of the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ³⁴ 

for he bestows honor on you.

[1:24]  ¹ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at v. 9.

[1:24]  ² tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Israel.”

[1:24]  ³ tn Heb “console myself” (i.e., by getting revenge); NRSV “pour out my wrath on.”

[1:24]  ⁴ sn The Lord here identifies with the oppressed and comes as their defender and vindicator.

[10:20]  ⁵ tn Or “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[10:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “house” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[10:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “on one who strikes him down.” This individual is the king (“foreign leader”) of the oppressing nation (which NLT specifies as “the Assyrians”).

[10:20]  ⁸ tn Or “sincerely”; KJV, ASV, NAB, NRSV “in truth.”

[10:20]  ⁹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[17:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in that day” (so ASV, NASB, NIV); KJV “At that day.”

[17:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “man will gaze toward his maker.”

[17:7]  ¹² tn Heb “his eyes will look toward.”

[17:7]  ¹³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[29:19]  ¹⁴ tn Or “will rejoice” (NIV, NCV, NLT).

[29:19]  ¹⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[37:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?” Cf. NIV “lifted your eyes in pride”; NRSV “haughtily lifted your eyes.”

[37:23]  ¹⁷ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:3]  ¹⁸ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:3]  ¹⁹ sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.

[43:14]  ²⁰ tn Or “kinsman redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[43:14]  ²¹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[43:14]  ²² tn Heb “and I bring down [as] fugitives all of them.”

[43:14]  ²³ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “as for the Babylonians, in ships their joyful shout.” This might be paraphrased, “even the Babylonians in the ships [over which] they joyfully shouted.” The point would be that the Lord caused the Babylonians to flee for safety in the ships in which they took such great pride. A slight change in vocalization yields the reading “into mourning songs,” which provides a good contrast with “joyful shout.” The prefixed bet (בְּ) would indicate identity.

[45:11]  ²⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[45:11]  ²⁵ tc The Hebrew text reads “the one who formed him, the coming things.” Among various suggestions, some have proposed an emendation of יֹצְרוֹ (yotsÿro, “the one who formed him”) to יֹצֵר (yotser, “the one who forms”; the suffixed form in the Hebrew text may be influenced by vv. 9-10, where the same form appears twice) and takes “coming things” as the object of the participle (either objective genitive or accusative): “the one who brings the future into being.”

[45:11]  ²⁶ tn Heb “Ask me” The rhetorical command sarcastically expresses the Lord’s disgust with those who question his ways.

[45:11]  ²⁷ tn Heb “Do you command me about…?” The rhetorical question sarcastically expresses the Lord’s disgust with those who question his ways.

[49:26]  ²⁸ sn Verse 26a depicts siege warfare and bloody defeat. The besieged enemy will be so starved they will their own flesh. The bloodstained bodies lying on the blood-soaked battle site will look as if they collapsed in drunkenness.

[49:26]  ²⁹ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB).

[49:26]  ³⁰ tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[49:26]  ³¹ tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.” See 1:24.

[55:5]  ³² tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).

[55:5]  ³³ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.

[55:5]  ³⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.