Yesaya 2:3

2:3 many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,

to the temple of the God of Jacob,

so ¹  he can teach us his requirements, ² 

and ³  we can follow his standards.” ⁴ 

For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; ⁵ 

the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem. ⁶ 

Yesaya 11:11

11:11 At that time ⁷  the sovereign master ⁸  will again lift his hand ⁹  to reclaim ¹⁰  the remnant of his people ¹¹  from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, ¹²  Cush, ¹³  Elam, Shinar, ¹⁴  Hamath, and the seacoasts. ¹⁵ 

Yesaya 43:5-6

43:5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.

From the east I will bring your descendants;

from the west I will gather you.

43:6 I will say to the north, ‘Hand them over!’

and to the south, ‘Don’t hold any back!’

Bring my sons from distant lands,

and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

¹ tn The prefixed verb form with simple vav (ו) introduces a purpose/result clause after the preceding prefixed verb form (probably to be taken as a cohortative; see IBHS 650 §39.2.2a).

² tn Heb “his ways.” In this context God’s “ways” are the standards of moral conduct he decrees that people should live by.

³ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) after the prefixed verb form indicates the ultimate purpose/goal of their action.

⁴ tn Heb “walk in his ways.”

⁵ tn Heb “for out of Zion will go instruction.”

⁶ tn Heb “the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

⁷ tn Or “in that day” (KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

⁸ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads, “the sovereign master will again, a second time, his hand.” The auxiliary verb יוֹסִיף (yosif), which literally means “add,” needs a main verb to complete it. Consequently many emend שֵׁנִית (shenit, “a second time”) to an infinitive. Some propose the form שַׁנֹּת (shannot, a Piel infinitive construct from שָׁנָה, shanah) and relate it semantically to an Arabic cognate meaning “to be high.” If the Hebrew text is retained a verb must be supplied. “Second time” would allude back to the events of the Exodus (see vv. 15-16).

¹⁰ tn Or “acquire”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV “recover.”

¹¹ tn Heb “the remnant of his people who remain.”

¹² sn Perhaps a reference to Upper (i.e., southern) Egypt (so NIV, NLT; NCV “South Egypt”).

¹³ tn Or “Ethiopia” (NAB, NRSV, NLT).

¹⁴ tn Or “Babylonia” (NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).

¹⁵ tn Or perhaps, “the islands of the sea.”