Yesaya 1:14

1:14 I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies;

they are a burden

that I am tired of carrying.

Yesaya 2:8

2:8 Their land is full of worthless idols;

they worship ¹  the product of their own hands,

what their own fingers have fashioned.

Yesaya 3:25

3:25 Your ²  men will fall by the sword,

your strong men will die in battle. ³ 

Yesaya 5:23

5:23 They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff,

they ignore the just cause of the innocent. ⁴ 

Yesaya 10:1

10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, ⁵ 

those who are always instituting unfair regulations, ⁶ 

Yesaya 22:1

The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem

22:1 Here is a message about the Valley of Vision: ⁷ 

What is the reason ⁸ 

that all of you go up to the rooftops?

Yesaya 28:14

The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem

28:14 Therefore, listen to the Lord’s word,

you who mock,

you rulers of these people

who reside in Jerusalem! ⁹ 

Yesaya 32:19

32:19 Even if the forest is destroyed ¹⁰ 

and the city is annihilated, ¹¹ 

Yesaya 33:12

33:12 The nations will be burned to ashes; ¹² 

like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.

Yesaya 33:17

33:17 You will see a king in his splendor; ¹³ 

you will see a wide land. ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 41:21

The Lord Challenges the Pagan Gods

41:21 “Present your argument,” says the Lord.

“Produce your evidence,” ¹⁵  says Jacob’s king. ¹⁶ 

Yesaya 43:26

43:26 Remind me of what happened! Let’s debate!

You, prove to me that you are right! ¹⁷ 

Yesaya 49:24

49:24 Can spoils be taken from a warrior,

or captives be rescued from a conqueror? ¹⁸ 

Yesaya 56:9

The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism

56:9 All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour,

all you wild animals in the forest!

Yesaya 57:12

57:12 I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, ¹⁹ 

but they will not help you.

Yesaya 59:3

59:3 For your hands are stained with blood

and your fingers with sin;

your lips speak lies,

your tongue utters malicious words.

Yesaya 60:1

Zion’s Future Splendor

60:1 “Arise! Shine! For your light arrives!

The splendor ²⁰  of the Lord shines on you!

[2:8]  ¹ tn Or “bow down to” (NIV, NRSV).

[3:25]  ² tn The pronoun is feminine singular, suggesting personified Zion, as representative of its women, is the addressee. The reference to “her gates’ in v. 26 makes this identification almost certain.

[3:25]  ³ tn Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.

[5:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the just cause of the innocent ones they turn aside from him.”

[5:23]  sn In vv. 22-23 the prophet returns to themes with which he opened his speech. The accusatory elements of vv. 8, 11-12, 18-23 are arranged in a chiastic manner: (A) social injustice (8), (B) carousing (11-12a), (C) spiritual insensitivity (12b) // (C') spiritual insensitivity (18-21), (B') carousing (22), (A') social injustice (23).

[10:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.

[10:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.

[22:1]  ⁷ sn The following message pertains to Jerusalem. The significance of referring to the city as the Valley of Vision is uncertain. Perhaps the Hinnom Valley is in view, but why it is associated with a prophetic revelatory “vision” is not entirely clear. Maybe the Hinnom Valley is called this because the destruction that will take place there is the focal point of this prophetic message (see v. 5).

[22:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “What to you, then?”

[28:14]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[32:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and [?] when the forest descends.” The form וּבָרַד (uvarad) is often understood as an otherwise unattested denominative verb meaning “to hail” (HALOT 154 s.v. I ברד). In this case one might translate, “and it hails when the forest is destroyed” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV). Perhaps the text alludes to a powerful wind and hail storm that knocks down limbs and trees. Some prefer to emend the form to וְיָרַד (vÿyarad), “and it descends,” which provides better, though not perfect, symmetry with the parallel line (cf. NAB). Perhaps וּבָרַד should be dismissed as dittographic. In this case the statement (“when the forest descends”) lacks a finite verb and seems incomplete, but perhaps it is subordinate to v. 20.

[32:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and in humiliation the city is laid low.”

[33:12]  ¹² tn Heb “will be a burning to lime.” See Amos 2:1.

[33:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “your eyes will see a king in his beauty”; NIV, NRSV “the king.”

[33:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “a land of distances,” i.e., an extensive land.

[41:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “strong [words],” see HALOT 870 s.v. *עֲצֻמוֹת.

[41:21]  ¹⁶ sn Apparently this challenge is addressed to the pagan idol gods, see vv. 23-24.

[43:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “you, tell in order that you may be right”; NAB “prove your innocence.”

[49:24]  ¹⁸ tc The Hebrew text has צָדִיק (tsadiq, “a righteous [one]”), but this makes no sense in the parallelism. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads correctly עריץ (“violent [one], tyrant”; see v. 25).

[57:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “I, I will declare your righteousness and your deeds.”

[60:1]  ²⁰ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions).