Yesaya 1:20

1:20 But if you refuse and rebel,

you will be devoured ¹  by the sword.”

Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. ² 

Yesaya 14:24

14:24 ³ The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow:

“Be sure of this:

Just as I have intended, so it will be;

just as I have planned, it will happen.

Yesaya 33:24

33:24 No resident of Zion ⁴  will say, “I am ill”;

the people who live there will have their sin forgiven.

Yesaya 38:20

38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, ⁵ 

and we will celebrate with music ⁶ 

for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” ⁷ 

Yesaya 65:7

65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” ⁸  says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and offended ⁹  me on the hills,

I will punish them in full measure.” ¹⁰ 

[1:20]  ¹ sn The wordplay in the Hebrew draws attention to the options. The people can obey, in which case they will “eat” v. 19 (תֹּאכֵלוּ [to’khelu], Qal active participle of אָכַל) God’s blessing, or they can disobey, in which case they will be devoured (Heb “eaten,” תְּאֻכְּלוּ, [tÿ’ukkÿlu], Qal passive/Pual of אָכַל) by God’s judgment.

[1:20]  ² tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” The introductory כִּי (ki) may be asseverative (as reflected in the translation) or causal/explanatory, explaining why the option chosen by the people will become reality (it is guaranteed by the divine word).

[14:24]  ³ sn Having announced the downfall of the Chaldean empire, the Lord appends to this prophecy a solemn reminder that the Assyrians, the major Mesopotamian power of Isaiah’s day, would be annihilated, foreshadowing what would subsequently happen to Babylon and the other hostile nations.

[33:24]  ⁴ tn The words “of Zion” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[38:20]  ⁵ tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.

[38:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”

[38:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”

[38:20]  sn Note that vv. 21-22 have been placed between vv. 6-7, where they logically belong. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.

[65:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”

[65:7]  ⁹ tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”

[65:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.