Yesaya 5:27

5:27 None tire or stumble,

they don’t stop to nap or sleep.

They don’t loosen their belts,

or unstrap their sandals to rest. ¹ 

Yesaya 48:8

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand. ² 

For I know that you are very deceitful; ³ 

you were labeled ⁴  a rebel from birth.

Yesaya 59:12

59:12 For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, ⁵ 

and our sins testify against us;

indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds;

we know our sins all too well. ⁶ 

Yesaya 63:6

63:6 I trampled nations in my anger,

I made them drunk ⁷  in my rage,

I splashed their blood on the ground.” ⁸ 

Yesaya 66:18

66:18 “I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming ⁹  to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; ¹⁰  they will come and witness my splendor.

[5:27]  ¹ tn Heb “and the belt on his waist is not opened, and the thong of his sandals is not torn in two.”

[48:8]  ² tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

[48:8]  ³ tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[48:8]  ⁴ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[59:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “for many are our rebellious deeds before you.”

[59:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “indeed [or “for”] our rebellious deeds (are) with us, and our sins, we know them.”

[63:6]  ⁷ sn See Isa 49:26 and 51:23 for similar imagery.

[63:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “and I brought down to the ground their juice.” “Juice” refers to their blood (see v. 3).

[66:18]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads literally “and I, their deeds and their thoughts, am coming.” The syntax here is very problematic, suggesting that the text may have suffered corruption. Some suggest that the words “their deeds and their thoughts” have been displaced from v. 17. This line presents two primary challenges. In the first place, the personal pronoun “I” has no verb after it. Most translations insert “know” for the sake of clarity (NASB, NRSV, NLT, ESV). The NIV has “I, because of their actions and their imaginations…” Since God’s “knowledge” of Israel’s sin occasions judgment, the verb “hate” is an option as well (see above translation). The feminine form of the next verb (בָּאָה, ba’ah) could be understood in one of two ways. One could provide an implied noun “time” (עֵת, ’et) and render the next line “the time is coming/has come” (NASB, ESV). One could also emend the feminine verb to the masculine בָּא (ba’) and have the “I” at the beginning of the line govern this verb as well (for the Lord is speaking here): “I am coming” (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT).

[66:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the tongues”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “and tongues.”