Yesaya 4:1

4:1 Seven women will grab hold of

one man at that time. ¹ 

They will say, “We will provide ²  our own food,

we will provide ³  our own clothes;

but let us belong to you ⁴  –

take away our shame!” ⁵ 

Yesaya 41:25

41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north ⁶  and he advances,

one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. ⁷ 

He steps on ⁸  rulers as if they were clay,

like a potter treading the clay.

Yesaya 56:6

56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of ⁹  the Lord and serve him,

who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –

all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

and who are faithful to ¹⁰  my covenant –

Yesaya 60:9

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ¹¹  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ¹²  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ¹³ 

the Holy One of Israel, ¹⁴  for he has bestowed honor on you.

[4:1]  ¹ tn Or “in that day” (ASV).

[4:1]  sn The seven to one ratio emphasizes the great disparity that will exist in the population due to the death of so many men in battle.

[4:1]  ² tn Heb “eat” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “buy.”

[4:1]  ³ tn Heb “wear” (so NASB, NRSV); NCV “make.”

[4:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “only let your name be called over us.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28, and BDB 896 s.v. I ָקרָא Niph. 2.d.(4). The language reflects the cultural reality of ancient Israel, where women were legally the property of their husbands.

[4:1]  ⁵ sn This refers to the humiliation of being unmarried and childless. The women’s words reflect the cultural standards of ancient Israel, where a woman’s primary duties were to be a wife and mother.

[41:25]  ⁶ sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.

[41:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”

[41:25]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruption of an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).

[56:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”

[56:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”

[60:9]  ¹¹ tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ¹² tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ¹⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.