Yesaya 2:4

2:4 He will judge disputes between nations;

he will settle cases for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares, ¹ 

and their spears into pruning hooks. ² 

Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,

and they will no longer train for war.

Yesaya 21:2

21:2 I have received a distressing message: ³ 

“The deceiver deceives,

the destroyer destroys.

Attack, you Elamites!

Lay siege, you Medes!

I will put an end to all the groaning!” ⁴ 

Yesaya 25:4

25:4 For you are a protector for the poor,

a protector for the needy in their distress,

a shelter from the rainstorm,

a shade from the heat.

Though the breath of tyrants ⁵  is like a winter rainstorm, ⁶ 

Yesaya 28:2

28:2 Look, the sovereign master ⁷  sends a strong, powerful one. ⁸ 

With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, ⁹ 

with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, ¹⁰ 

he will knock that crown ¹¹  to the ground with his hand. ¹² 

Yesaya 29:8

29:8 It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,

only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. ¹³ 

It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,

only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. ¹⁴ 

So it will be for the horde from all the nations

that fight against Mount Zion.

Yesaya 37:30

37:30 ¹⁵ “This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: ¹⁶  This year you will eat what grows wild, ¹⁷  and next year ¹⁸  what grows on its own. But the year after that ¹⁹  you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce. ²⁰ 

Yesaya 41:25

41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north ²¹  and he advances,

one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. ²² 

He steps on ²³  rulers as if they were clay,

like a potter treading the clay.

Yesaya 59:19

59:19 In the west, people respect ²⁴  the Lord’s reputation; ²⁵ 

in the east they recognize his splendor. ²⁶ 

For he comes like a rushing ²⁷  stream

driven on by wind sent from the Lord. ²⁸ 

[2:4]  ¹ sn Instead of referring to the large plow as a whole, the plowshare is simply the metal tip which actually breaks the earth and cuts the furrow.

[2:4]  ² sn This implement was used to prune the vines, i.e., to cut off extra leaves and young shoots (H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:93; M. Klingbeil, NIDOTTE 1:1117-18). It was a short knife with a curved hook at the end sharpened on the inside like a sickle. Breaking weapons and fashioning agricultural implements indicates a transition from fear and stress to peace and security.

[21:2]  ³ tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”

[21:2]  ⁴ sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others.

[25:4]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “the violent”; NIV, NRSV “the ruthless.”

[25:4]  ⁶ tc The Hebrew text has, “like a rainstorm of a wall,” which might be interpreted to mean, “like a rainstorm battering against a wall.” The translation assumes an emendation of קִיר (qir, “wall”) to קֹר (qor, “cold, winter”; cf. Gen 8:22). See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:457, n. 6, for discussion.

[28:2]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 22 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[28:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “Look, a strong and powerful [one] belongs to the Lord.”

[28:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “like a rainstorm of hail, a wind of destruction.”

[28:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “like a rainstorm of mighty, overflowing waters.”

[28:2]  ¹¹ tn The words “that crown” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The object of the verb is unexpressed in the Hebrew text.

[28:2]  ¹² tn Or “by [his] power.”

[29:8]  ¹³ tn Or “that he [or “his appetite”] is unsatisfied.”

[29:8]  ¹⁴ tn Or “that he is faint and that he [or “his appetite”] longs [for water].”

[37:30]  ¹⁵ tn At this point the word concerning the king of Assyria (vv. 22-29) ends and the Lord again addresses Hezekiah and the people directly (see v. 21).

[37:30]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and this is your sign.” In this case the אוֹת (’ot, “sign”) is a future reminder of God’s intervention designated before the actual intervention takes place. For similar “signs” see Exod 3:12 and Isa 7:14-25.

[37:30]  ¹⁷ sn This refers to crops that grew up on their own (that is, without cultivation) from the seed planted in past years.

[37:30]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and in the second year” (so ASV).

[37:30]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in the third year” (so KJV, NAB).

[37:30]  ²⁰ tn The four plural imperatival verb forms in v. 30b are used rhetorically. The Lord commands the people to plant, harvest, etc. to emphasize the certainty of restored peace and prosperity.

[41:25]  ²¹ sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.

[41:25]  ²² tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”

[41:25]  ²³ tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruption of an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).

[59:19]  ²⁴ tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read “see.”

[59:19]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”

[59:19]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”

[59:19]  ²⁷ tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”

[59:19]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).