Yesaya 59:18

59:18 He repays them for what they have done,

dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries

and punishing his enemies. ¹ 

He repays the coastlands. ² 

Yesaya 65:6-7

65:6 Look, I have decreed: ³ 

I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;

I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, ⁴ 

65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” ⁵  says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and offended ⁶  me on the hills,

I will punish them in full measure.” ⁷ 

Yesaya 66:6

66:6 The sound of battle comes from the city;

the sound comes from the temple!

It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies.

[59:18]  ¹ tn Heb “in accordance with deeds, so he repays, anger to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies.”

[59:18]  ² tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV).

[65:6]  ³ tn Heb “Look, it is written before me.”

[65:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”

[65:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”

[65:7]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”

[65:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.