Yesaya 32:17

32:17 Fairness will produce peace ¹ 

and result in lasting security. ² 

Yesaya 48:18

48:18 If only you had obeyed my ³  commandments,

prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, ⁴ 

deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. ⁵ 

Yesaya 48:22

48:22 There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the Lord.

Yesaya 55:12

55:12 Indeed you will go out with joy;

you will be led along in peace;

the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you,

and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

Yesaya 57:19

57:19 I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. ⁶ 

Complete prosperity ⁷  is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,”

says the Lord, “and I will heal them.

[32:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and the product of fairness will be peace.”

[32:17]  ² tn Heb “and the work of fairness [will be] calmness and security forever.”

[48:18]  ³ tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”

[48:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “like a river your peace would have been.” שָׁלוֹם (shalom) probably refers here to the peace and prosperity which God promised in return for obedience to the covenant.

[48:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.

[57:19]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text has literally, “one who creates fruit of lips.” Perhaps the pronoun אֲנִי (’ani) should be inserted after the participle; it may have been accidentally omitted by haplography: נוּב שְׂפָתָיִם[אֲנִי] בּוֹרֵא (bore’ [’ani] nuv sÿfatayim). “Fruit of the lips” is often understood as a metonymy for praise; perhaps it refers more generally to joyful shouts (see v. 18).

[57:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “Peace, peace.” The repetition of the noun emphasizes degree.