Yesaya 27:3

27:3 I, the Lord, protect it; ¹ 

I water it regularly. ² 

I guard it night and day,

so no one can harm it. ³ 

Yesaya 33:22

33:22 For the Lord, our ruler,

the Lord, our commander,

the Lord, our king –

he will deliver us.

Yesaya 46:3-4

46:3 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob, ⁴ 

all you who are left from the family of Israel, ⁵ 

you who have been carried from birth, ⁶ 

you who have been supported from the time you left the womb. ⁷ 

46:4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you, ⁸ 

even when you have gray hair, I will carry you.

I made you and I will support you;

I will carry you and rescue you. ⁹ 

Yesaya 56:1

The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter

56:1 This is what the Lord says,

“Promote ¹⁰  justice! Do what is right!

For I am ready to deliver you;

I am ready to vindicate you openly. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 60:16

60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;

you will nurse at the breasts of kings. ¹² 

Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,

your protector, ¹³  the powerful ruler of Jacob. ¹⁴ 

[27:3]  ¹ tn Heb “her.” Apparently “vineyard” is the antecedent, though normally this noun is understood as masculine (see Lev 25:3, however).

[27:3]  ² tn Or perhaps, “constantly.” Heb “by moments.”

[27:3]  ³ tn Heb “lest [someone] visit [harm] upon it, night and day I guard it.”

[46:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “house of Jacob”; TEV “descendants of Jacob.”

[46:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and all the remnant of the house of Israel.”

[46:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the womb” (so NRSV); KJV “from the belly”; NAB “from your infancy.”

[46:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “who have been lifted up from the womb.”

[46:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “until old age, I am he” (NRSV similar); NLT “I will be your God throughout your lifetime.”

[46:4]  ⁹ sn Unlike the weary idol gods, whose images must be carried by animals, the Lord carries his weary people.

[56:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.”

[56:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.”

[60:16]  ¹² sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.

[60:16]  ¹³ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[60:16]  ¹⁴ sn See 1:24 and 49:26.