Yesaya 16:14

16:14 Now the Lord makes this announcement: “Within exactly three years ¹  Moab’s splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left.” ² 

Yesaya 54:8

54:8 In a burst ³  of anger I rejected you ⁴  momentarily,

but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,”

says your protector, ⁵  the Lord.

Yesaya 59:7

59:7 They are eager to do evil, ⁶ 

quick to shed innocent blood. ⁷ 

Their thoughts are sinful;

they crush and destroy. ⁸ 

[16:14]  ¹ tn Heb “in three years, like the years of a hired worker.” The three years must be reckoned exactly, just as a hired worker would carefully keep track of the time he had agreed to work for an employer in exchange for a predetermined wage.

[16:14]  ² tn Heb “and the splendor of Moab will be disgraced with all the great multitude, and a small little remnant will not be strong.”

[54:8]  ³ tn According to BDB 1009 s.v. שֶׁטֶף the noun שֶׁצֶף here is an alternate form of שֶׁטֶף (shetef, “flood”). Some relate the word to an alleged Akkadian cognate meaning “strength.”

[54:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “I hid my face from you.”

[54:8]  ⁵ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[59:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “their feet run to evil.”

[59:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “they quickly pour out innocent blood.”

[59:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”