Yesaya 3:9

3:9 The look on their faces ¹  testifies to their guilt; ² 

like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. ³ 

Too bad for them! ⁴ 

For they bring disaster on themselves.

Yesaya 26:10

26:10 If the wicked are shown mercy,

they do not learn about justice. ⁵ 

Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; ⁶ 

they do not see the Lord’s majesty revealed.

Yesaya 41:28

41:28 I look, but there is no one,

among them there is no one who serves as an adviser,

that I might ask questions and receive answers.

Yesaya 52:10

52:10 The Lord reveals ⁷  his royal power ⁸ 

in the sight of all the nations;

the entire ⁹  earth sees

our God deliver. ¹⁰ 

[3:9]  ¹ sn This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.

[3:9]  ² tn Heb “answers against them”; NRSV “bears witness against them.”

[3:9]  ³ tn Heb “their sin, like Sodom, they declare, they do not conceal [it].”

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “woe to their soul.”

[26:10]  ⁵ tn As in verse 9b, the translation understands צֶדֶק (tsedeq) in the sense of “justice,” but it is possible that it carries the nuance “righteousness,” in which case one might translate, “they do not learn to live in a righteous manner.”

[26:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “in a land of uprightness they act unjustly”; NRSV “they deal perversely.”

[52:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”

[52:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.

[52:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.

[52:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.