Yesaya 23:2

23:2 Lament, ¹  you residents of the coast,

you merchants of Sidon ²  who travel over the sea,

whose agents sail over

Yesaya 30:15

30:15 For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says:

“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; ³ 

if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, ⁴ 

but you are unwilling.

Yesaya 41:1

The Lord Challenges the Nations

41:1 “Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! ⁵ 

Let the nations find renewed strength!

Let them approach and then speak;

let us come together for debate! ⁶ 

Yesaya 44:20

44:20 He feeds on ashes; ⁷ 

his deceived mind misleads him.

He cannot rescue himself,

nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’ ⁸ 

Yesaya 59:15

59:15 Honesty has disappeared;

the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed.

The Lord watches and is displeased, ⁹ 

for there is no justice.

[23:2]  ¹ tn Or “keep quiet”; NAB “Silence!”

[23:2]  ² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[30:15]  ³ tn Heb “in returning and in quietness you will be delivered.” Many English versions render the last phrase “shall be saved” or something similar (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[30:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “in quietness and in trust is your strength” (NASB and NRSV both similar).

[41:1]  ⁵ tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV, CEV); TEV “distant lands”; NLT “lands beyond the sea.”

[41:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seems to refer to the dispute or debate between the Lord and the nations.

[44:20]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps, “he eats on an ash heap.”

[44:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “Is it not a lie in my right hand?”

[59:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “and it is displeasing in his eyes.”