Yesaya 21:2

21:2 I have received a distressing message: ¹ 

“The deceiver deceives,

the destroyer destroys.

Attack, you Elamites!

Lay siege, you Medes!

I will put an end to all the groaning!” ² 

Yesaya 44:8

44:8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! ³ 

Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it?

You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me?

There is no other sheltering rock; ⁴  I know of none.

Yesaya 51:5

51:5 I am ready to vindicate, ⁵ 

I am ready to deliver, ⁶ 

I will establish justice among the nations. ⁷ 

The coastlands ⁸  wait patiently for me;

they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. ⁹ 

[21:2]  ¹ tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”

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

[44:8]  ³ tn BDB 923 s.v. רָהָה derives this verb from an otherwise unattested root, while HALOT 403 s.v. יָרָה defines it as “be stupefied” on the basis of an Arabic cognate. The form is likely a corruption of תיראו, the reading attested in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a.

[44:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “rock” or “rocky cliff,” a title that depicts God as a protective refuge in his role as sovereign king; thus the translation “sheltering rock.”

[51:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”

[51:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”

[51:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”

[51:5]  ⁸ tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”

[51:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).