Yesaya 10:23

10:23 The sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land. ¹ 

Yesaya 38:7

38:7 Isaiah replied, ²  “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said:

Yesaya 41:21

The Lord Challenges the Pagan Gods

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

“Produce your evidence,” ³  says Jacob’s king. ⁴ 

Yesaya 44:10

44:10 Who forms a god and casts an idol

that will prove worthless? ⁵ 

Yesaya 60:1

Zion’s Future Splendor

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

The splendor ⁶  of the Lord shines on you!

[10:23]  ¹ tn Heb “Indeed (or perhaps “for”) destruction and what is decreed the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is about to accomplish in the middle of all the land.” The phrase כָלָא וְנֶחֱרָצָה (khala’ venekheratsah, “destruction and what is decreed”) is a hendiadys; the two terms express one idea, with the second qualifying the first.

[38:7]  ² tn The words “Isaiah replied” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the present form of the Hebrew text v. 7 is joined directly to v. 6, but vv. 21-22, if original to Isaiah 38, must be inserted here. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.

[41:21]  ³ tn Heb “strong [words],” see HALOT 870 s.v. *עֲצֻמוֹת.

[41:21]  ⁴ sn Apparently this challenge is addressed to the pagan idol gods, see vv. 23-24.

[44:10]  ⁵ tn The rhetorical question is sarcastic. The sense is, “Who is foolish enough…?”

[60:1]  ⁶ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions).