Yesaya 47:11

47:11 Disaster will overtake you;

you will not know how to charm it away. ¹ 

Destruction will fall on you;

you will not be able to appease it.

Calamity will strike you suddenly,

before you recognize it. ² 

Yesaya 31:2

31:2 Yet he too is wise ³  and he will bring disaster;

he does not retract his decree. ⁴ 

He will attack the wicked nation, ⁵ 

and the nation that helps ⁶  those who commit sin. ⁷ 

Yesaya 3:9

3:9 The look on their faces ⁸  testifies to their guilt; ⁹ 

like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. ¹⁰ 

Too bad for them! ¹¹ 

For they bring disaster on themselves.

Yesaya 30:13

30:13 So this sin will become your downfall.

You will be like a high wall

that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse;

it crumbles suddenly, in a flash. ¹² 

Yesaya 10:3

10:3 What will you do on judgment day, ¹³ 

when destruction arrives from a distant place?

To whom will you run for help?

Where will you leave your wealth?

Yesaya 54:14

54:14 You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. ¹⁴ 

You will not experience oppression; ¹⁵ 

indeed, you will not be afraid.

You will not be terrified, ¹⁶ 

for nothing frightening ¹⁷  will come near you.

Yesaya 59:6

59:6 Their webs cannot be used for clothing;

they cannot cover themselves with what they make.

Their deeds are sinful;

they commit violent crimes. ¹⁸ 

Yesaya 3:11

3:11 Too bad for the wicked sinners!

For they will get exactly what they deserve. ¹⁹ 

Yesaya 64:12

64:12 In light of all this, ²⁰  how can you still hold back, Lord?

How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

[47:11]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text has שַׁחְרָהּ (shakhrah), which is either a suffixed noun (“its dawning,” i.e., origin) or infinitive (“to look early for it”). Some have suggested an emendation to שַׁחֲדָהּ (shakhadah), a suffixed infinitive from שָׁחַד (shakhad, “[how] to buy it off”; see BDB 1005 s.v. שָׁחַד). This forms a nice parallel with the following couplet. The above translation is based on a different etymology of the verb in question. HALOT 1466 s.v. III שׁחר references a verbal root with these letters (שׁחד) that refers to magical activity.

[47:11]  ² tn Heb “you will not know”; NIV “you cannot foresee.”

[31:2]  ³ sn This statement appears to have a sarcastic tone. The royal advisers who are advocating an alliance with Egypt think they are wise, but the Lord possesses wisdom as well and will thwart their efforts.

[31:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he does not turn aside [i.e., “retract”] his words”; NIV “does not take back his words.”

[31:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he will arise against the house of the wicked.”

[31:2]  ⁶ sn That is, Egypt.

[31:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and against the help of the doers of sin.”

[3:9]  ⁸ sn This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.

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

[3:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “their sin, like Sodom, they declare, they do not conceal [it].”

[3:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “woe to their soul.”

[30:13]  ¹² tn The verse reads literally, “So this sin will become for you like a breach ready to fall, bulging on a high wall, the breaking of which comes suddenly, in a flash.” Their sin produces guilt and will result in judgment. Like a wall that collapses their fall will be swift and sudden.

[10:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “the day of visitation” (so KJV, ASV), that is, the day when God arrives to execute justice on the oppressors.

[54:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in righteousness [or “vindication”] you will be established.” The precise meaning of צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) here is uncertain. It could mean “righteousness, justice,” indicating that the city will be a center for justice. But the context focuses on deliverance, suggesting that the term means “deliverance, vindication” here.

[54:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Be far from oppression!” The imperative is used here in a rhetorical manner to express certainty and assurance. See GKC 324 §110.c.

[54:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “from terror.” The rhetorical command, “be far” is understood by ellipsis here. Note the preceding context.

[54:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “it,” i.e., the “terror” just mentioned.

[59:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “their deeds are deeds of sin, and the work of violence [is] in their hands.”

[3:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “for the work of his hands will be done to him.”

[64:12]  ²⁰ tn Heb “because of these”; KJV, ASV “for these things.”