Yesaya 7:1

Ahaz Receives a Sign

7:1 During ¹  the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem ²  to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it. ³ 

Yesaya 14:20

14:20 You will not be buried with them, ⁴ 

because you destroyed your land

and killed your people.

The offspring of the wicked

will never be mentioned again.

Yesaya 14:22

14:22 “I will rise up against them,”

says the Lord who commands armies.

“I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, ⁵ 

including the offspring she produces,” ⁶ 

says the Lord.

Yesaya 59:21

59:21 “As for me, this is my promise to ⁷  them,” says the Lord. “My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” ⁸  says the Lord.

Yesaya 65:23

65:23 They will not work in vain,

or give birth to children that will experience disaster. ⁹ 

For the Lord will bless their children

and their descendants. ¹⁰ 

[7:1]  ¹ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[7:1]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[7:1]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “but they were unable to attack it.” This statement sounds like a summary of the whole campaign. The following context explains why they were unable to defeat the southern kingdom. The parallel passage (2 Kgs 16:5; cf. Num 22:11; 1 Sam 17:9 for a similar construction) affirms that Syria and Israel besieged Ahaz. Consequently, the statement that “they were not able to battle against them” must refer to the inability to conquer Ahaz.

[14:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “you will not be united with them in burial” (so NASB).

[14:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will cut off from Babylon name and remnant” (ASV, NAB, and NRSV all similar).

[14:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “descendant and child.”

[59:21]  ⁷ tn Or “my covenant with” (so many English versions); NCV “my agreement with.”

[59:21]  sn The Lord promises the repentant (note “to them”) that they and their offspring will possess his spirit and function as his spokesmen. In this regard they follow in the footsteps of the Lord’s special servant. See 42:1; 49:2; 51:16.

[59:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “from now and on into the future.”

[65:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they will not give birth to horror.”

[65:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for offspring blessed by the Lord they [will be], and their descendants along with them.”