Yesaya 50:11

50:11 Look, all of you who start a fire

and who equip yourselves with ¹  flaming arrows, ² 

walk ³  in the light ⁴  of the fire you started

and among the flaming arrows you ignited! ⁵ 

This is what you will receive from me: ⁶ 

you will lie down in a place of pain. ⁷ 

Yesaya 66:17

66:17 “As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, ⁸  those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice ⁹  – they will all be destroyed together,” ¹⁰  says the Lord.

[50:11]  ¹ tc Several more recent commentators have proposed an emendation of מְאַזְּרֵי (mÿ’azzÿre, “who put on”) to מְאִירִי (mÿ’iri, “who light”). However, both Qumran scrolls of Isaiah and the Vulgate support the MT reading (cf. NIV, ESV).

[50:11]  ² tn On the meaning of זִיקוֹת (ziqot, “flaming arrows”), see HALOT 268 s.v. זִיקוֹת.

[50:11]  ³ tn The imperative is probably rhetorical and has a predictive force.

[50:11]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “flame” (so ASV).

[50:11]  ⁵ sn Perhaps the servant here speaks to his enemies and warns them that they will self-destruct.

[50:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “from my hand” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[50:11]  ⁷ sn The imagery may be that of a person who becomes ill and is forced to lie down in pain on a sickbed. Some see this as an allusion to a fiery place of damnation because of the imagery employed earlier in the verse.

[66:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “the ones who consecrate themselves and the ones who purify themselves toward the orchards [or “gardens”] after the one in the midst.” The precise meaning of the statement is unclear, though it is obvious that some form of idolatry is in view.

[66:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “ones who eat the flesh of the pig and the disgusting thing and the mouse.”

[66:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “together they will come to an end.”