Yesaya 32:10

32:10 In a year’s time ¹ 

you carefree ones will shake with fear,

for the grape ²  harvest will fail,

and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

Yesaya 45:8

45:8 O sky, rain down from above!

Let the clouds send down showers ³  of deliverance!

Let the earth absorb it ⁴  so salvation may grow, ⁵ 

and deliverance may sprout up ⁶  along with it.

I, the Lord, create it. ⁷ 

Yesaya 61:11--62:1

61:11 For just as the ground produces its crops

and a garden yields its produce,

so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance ⁸  to grow,

and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. ⁹ 

The Lord Takes Delight in Zion

62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;

for the sake of Jerusalem ¹⁰  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ¹¹ 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

[32:10]  ¹ tn Heb “days upon a year.”

[32:10]  ² tn Or perhaps, “olive.” See 24:13.

[45:8]  ³ tn Heb “let the clouds drip with”; KJV “let the skies pour down.”

[45:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “open up” (so NASB); NIV, NLT “open wide.”

[45:8]  ⁵ tc The plural verb should be emended to a singular form. The vav (ו) ending is probably virtually dittographic (note the yod at the beginning of the following word).

[45:8]  ⁶ tc The Hiphil verb form (תַצְמִיחַ, tatsmiakh) should probably be emended to a Qal (תִצְמַח, titsmakh). The יח sequence at the end of the form is probably due to dittography (note the following יַחַד, yakhad).

[45:8]  ⁷ tn The masculine singular pronominal suffix probably refers back to יָשַׁע (yasha’, “salvation”).

[61:11]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).

[61:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”

[62:1]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”