Yesaya 49:9

49:9 You will say ¹  to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’

and to those who are in dark dungeons, ²  ‘Emerge.’ ³ 

They will graze beside the roads;

on all the slopes they will find pasture.

Yesaya 49:17

49:17 Your children hurry back,

while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

Yesaya 51:4-5

51:4 Pay attention to me, my people!

Listen to me, my people!

For ⁴  I will issue a decree, ⁵ 

I will make my justice a light to the nations. ⁶ 

51:5 I am ready to vindicate, ⁷ 

I am ready to deliver, ⁸ 

I will establish justice among the nations. ⁹ 

The coastlands ¹⁰  wait patiently for me;

they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 54:16

54:16 Look, I create the craftsman,

who fans the coals into a fire

and forges a weapon. ¹² 

I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

[49:9]  ¹ tn Heb “to say.” In the Hebrew text the infinitive construct is subordinated to what precedes.

[49:9]  ² tn Heb “in darkness” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “the prisoners of darkness.”

[49:9]  ³ tn Heb “show yourselves” (so ASV, NAB, NASB).

[51:4]  ⁴ tn Or “certainly.”

[51:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “instruction [or “a law”] will go out from me.”

[51:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and my justice for a light to the nations I will cause to rest.”

[51:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”

[51:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”

[51:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”

[51:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”

[51:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).

[54:16]  ¹² tn Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”