Yesaya 7:20

7:20 At that time ¹  the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, ²  the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; ³  it will also shave off the beard.

Yesaya 15:2

15:2 They went up to the temple, ⁴ 

the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. ⁵ 

Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, ⁶  Moab wails.

Every head is shaved bare,

every beard is trimmed off. ⁷ 

Yesaya 50:6

50:6 I offered my back to those who attacked, ⁸ 

my jaws to those who tore out my beard;

I did not hide my face

from insults and spitting.

Yesaya 52:14

52:14 (just as many were horrified by the sight of you) ⁹ 

he was so disfigured ¹⁰  he no longer looked like a man; ¹¹ 

[7:20]  ¹ tn Heb “in that day” (so ASV, NASB); KJV “In the same day.”

[7:20]  ² tn Heb “the river” (so KJV); NASB “the Euphrates.” The name of the river has been supplied in the present translation for clarity.

[7:20]  ³ tn Heb “the hair of the feet.” The translation assumes that the word “feet” is used here as a euphemism for the genitals. See BDB 920 s.v. רֶגֶל.

[15:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[15:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “even Dibon [to] the high places to weep.” The verb “went up” does double duty in the parallel structure.

[15:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “over [or “for”] Nebo and over [or “for”] Medeba.”

[15:2]  ⁷ sn Shaving the head and beard were outward signs of mourning and grief.

[50:6]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps, “who beat [me].”

[52:14]  ⁹ tn Some witnesses read “him,” which is more consistent with the context, where the servant is spoken about, not addressed. However, it is possible that the Lord briefly addresses the servant here. The present translation assumes the latter view and places the phrase in parentheses.

[52:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “such was the disfigurement.” The noun מִשְׁחַת (mishkhat) occurs only here. It may be derived from the verbal root שָׁחַת (shakhat, “be ruined”; see BDB 1007-8 s.v. שָׁחַת). The construct form appears here before a prepositional phrase (cf. GKC 421 §130.a).

[52:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from a man his appearance.” The preposition מִן (min) here carries the sense “away from,” i.e., “so as not to be.” See BDB 583 s.v.