Yesaya 8:22

8:22 When one looks out over the land, he sees ¹  distress and darkness, gloom ²  and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land. ³ 

Yesaya 37:34

37:34 He will go back the way he came –

he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.

Yesaya 51:2

51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth. ⁴ 

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, ⁵ 

but I blessed him ⁶  and gave him numerous descendants. ⁷ 

Yesaya 62:7

62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, ⁸ 

until he makes Jerusalem the pride ⁹  of the earth.

[8:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

[8:22]  ² tn The precise meaning of מְעוּף (mÿ’uf) is uncertain; the word occurs only here. See BDB 734 s.v. מָעוּף.

[8:22]  ³ tn Heb “ and darkness, pushed.” The word מְנֻדָּח (mÿnudakh) appears to be a Pual participle from נדח (“push”), but the Piel is unattested for this verb and the Pual occurs only here.

[51:2]  ⁴ sn Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.

[51:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “one”; NLT “was alone”; TEV “was childless.”

[51:2]  ⁶ tn “Bless” may here carry the sense of “endue with potency, reproductive power.” See Gen 1:28.

[51:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and I made him numerous.”

[62:7]  ⁸ tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.

[62:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”