Yesaya 20:2

20:2 At that time the Lord announced through ¹  Isaiah son of Amoz: “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet.” He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments ²  and barefoot.

Yesaya 46:7

46:7 They put it on their shoulder and carry it;

they put it in its place and it just stands there;

it does not ³  move from its place.

Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply;

it does not deliver him from his distress.

Yesaya 47:13

47:13 You are tired out from listening to so much advice. ⁴ 

Let them take their stand –

the ones who see omens in the sky,

who gaze at the stars,

who make monthly predictions –

let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you! ⁵ 

[20:2]  ¹ tn Heb “spoke by the hand of.”

[20:2]  ² tn The word used here (עָרוֹם, ’arom) sometimes means “naked,” but here it appears to mean simply “lightly dressed,” i.e., stripped to one’s undergarments. See HALOT 883 s.v. עָרוֹם. The term also occurs in vv. 3, 4.

[46:7]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “cannot,” here and in the following two lines. The imperfect forms can indicate capability.

[47:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “you are tired because of the abundance of your advice.”

[47:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “let them stand and rescue you – the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make known by months – from those things which are coming upon you.”