Yesaya 5:9

5:9 The Lord who commands armies told me this: ¹ 

“Many houses will certainly become desolate,

large, impressive houses will have no one living in them. ² 

Yesaya 5:30

5:30 At that time ³  they will growl over their prey, ⁴ 

it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. ⁵ 

One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster,

clouds will turn the light into darkness. ⁶ 

Yesaya 15:5

15:5 My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, ⁷ 

and for the fugitives ⁸  stretched out ⁹  as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah.

For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith;

they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim. ¹⁰ 

Yesaya 24:16

24:16 From the ends of the earth we ¹¹  hear songs –

the Just One is majestic. ¹² 

But I ¹³  say, “I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed!

Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!” ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 30:21

30:21 You ¹⁵  will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,

“This is the correct ¹⁶  way, walk in it,”

whether you are heading to the right or the left.

Yesaya 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ¹⁷  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ¹⁸  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

[5:9]  ¹ tn Heb “in my ears, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].”

[5:9]  ² tn Heb “great and good [houses], without a resident.”

[5:30]  ³ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[5:30]  ⁴ tn Heb “over it”; the referent (the prey) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “like the growling of the sea.”

[5:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “and one will gaze toward the land, and look, darkness of distress, and light will grow dark by its [the land’s?] clouds.”

[5:30]  sn The motif of light turning to darkness is ironic when compared to v. 20. There the sinners turn light (= moral/ethical good) to darkness (= moral/ethical evil). Now ironically the Lord will turn light (= the sinners’ sphere of existence and life) into darkness (= the judgment and death).

[15:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “for Moab.” For rhetorical purposes the speaker (the Lord?, see v. 9) plays the role of a mourner.

[15:5]  ⁸ tn The vocalization of the Hebrew text suggests “the bars of her gates,” but the form should be repointed to yield, “her fugitives.” See HALOT 156-57 s.v. בָּרִחַ, and BDB 138 s.v. בָּרִיהַ.

[15:5]  ⁹ tn The words “are stretched out” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “For the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it; for [on] the road to Horonaim an outcry over shattering they raise up.”

[24:16]  ¹¹ sn The identity of the subject is unclear. Apparently in vv. 15-16a an unidentified group responds to the praise they hear in the west by exhorting others to participate.

[24:16]  ¹² tn Heb “Beauty belongs to the just one.” These words may summarize the main theme of the songs mentioned in the preceding line.

[24:16]  ¹³ sn The prophet seems to contradict what he hears the group saying. Their words are premature because more destruction is coming.

[24:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and [with] deception deceivers deceive.”

[24:16]  tn Verse 16b is a classic example of Hebrew wordplay. In the first line (“I’m wasting away…”) four consecutive words end with hireq yod ( ִי); in the second line all forms are derived from the root בָּגַד (bagad). The repetition of sound draws attention to the prophet’s lament.

[30:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your ears” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[30:21]  ¹⁶ tn The word “correct’ is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[60:18]  ¹⁷ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ¹⁸ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.