Yesaya 3:7

3:7 At that time ¹  the brother will shout, ² 

‘I am no doctor, ³ 

I have no food or coat in my house;

don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

Yesaya 16:7

16:7 So Moab wails over its demise ⁴  –

they all wail!

Completely devastated, they moan

about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. ⁵ 

Yesaya 22:2

22:2 The noisy city is full of raucous sounds;

the town is filled with revelry. ⁶ 

Your slain were not cut down by the sword;

they did not die in battle. ⁷ 

Yesaya 30:27

30:27 Look, the name ⁸  of the Lord comes from a distant place

in raging anger and awesome splendor. ⁹ 

He speaks angrily

and his word is like destructive fire. ¹⁰ 

Yesaya 32:14

32:14 For the fortress is neglected;

the once-crowded ¹¹  city is abandoned.

Hill ¹²  and watchtower

are permanently uninhabited. ¹³ 

Wild donkeys love to go there,

and flocks graze there. ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 33:16

33:16 This is the person who will live in a secure place; ¹⁵ 

he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; ¹⁶ 

he will have food

and a constant supply of water.

Yesaya 37:7

37:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ¹⁷  he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ¹⁸  with a sword in his own land.”’”

Yesaya 57:6

57:6 Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love;

they, they are the object of your devotion. ¹⁹ 

You pour out liquid offerings to them,

you make an offering.

Because of these things I will seek vengeance. ²⁰ 

Yesaya 58:10

58:10 You must ²¹  actively help the hungry

and feed the oppressed. ²² 

Then your light will dispel the darkness, ²³ 

and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. ²⁴ 

[3:7]  ¹ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[3:7]  ² tn Heb “he will lift up [his voice].”

[3:7]  ³ tn Heb “wrapper [of wounds]”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “healer.”

[16:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “So Moab wails for Moab.”

[16:7]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has, “for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth you [masculine plural] moan, surely destroyed.” The “raisin cakes” could have cultic significance (see Hos 3:1), but the next verse focuses on agricultural disaster, so here the raisin cakes are mentioned as an example of the fine foods that are no longer available (see 2 Sam 6:19; Song 2:5) because the vines have been destroyed by the invader (see v. 8). Some prefer to take אֲשִׁישֵׁי (’ashishe, “raisin cakes of”) as “men of” (see HALOT 95 s.v. *אָשִׁישׁ; cf. NIV). The verb form תֶהְגּוּ (tehgu, “you moan”) is probably the result of dittography (note that the preceding word ends in tav [ת]) and should be emended to הגו (a perfect, third plural form), “they moan.”

[22:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “the boisterous town.” The phrase is parallel to “the noisy city” in the preceding line.

[22:2]  ⁷ sn Apparently they died from starvation during the siege that preceded the final conquest of the city. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:409.

[30:27]  ⁸ sn The “name” of the Lord sometimes stands by metonymy for the Lord himself, see Exod 23:21; Lev 24:11; Pss 54:1 (54:3 HT); 124:8. In Isa 30:27 the point is that he reveals that aspect of his character which his name suggests – he comes as Yahweh (“he is present”), the ever present helper of his people who annihilates their enemies and delivers them. The name “Yahweh” originated in a context where God assured a fearful Moses that he would be with him as he confronted Pharaoh and delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt. See Exod 3.

[30:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “his anger burns, and heaviness of elevation.” The meaning of the phrase “heaviness of elevation” is unclear, for מַשָּׂאָה (masa’ah, “elevation”) occurs only here. Some understand the term as referring to a cloud (elevated above the earth’s surface), in which case one might translate, “and in heavy clouds” (cf. NAB “with lowering clouds”). Others relate the noun to מָשָׂא (masa’, “burden”) and interpret it as a reference to judgment. In this case one might translate, “and with severe judgment.” The present translation assumes that the noun refers to his glory and that “heaviness” emphasizes its degree.

[30:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his lips are full of anger, and his tongue is like consuming fire.” The Lord’s lips and tongue are used metonymically for his word (or perhaps his battle cry; see v. 31).

[32:14]  ¹¹ tn Or “noisy” (NAB, NIV, NCV).

[32:14]  ¹² tn Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.

[32:14]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (vÿ’ad mÿ’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. HALOT 616 s.v. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (mÿ’arot) as a homonym of “cave” and define it here as “cleared field.” Despite these lexical problems, the general point of the statement seems clear – the city will be uninhabited.

[32:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”

[33:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he [in the] exalted places will live.”

[33:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “mountain strongholds, cliffs [will be] his elevated place.”

[37:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

[37:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “cause him to fall” (so KJV, ASV, NAB), that is, “kill him.”

[57:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “among the smooth stones of the stream [is] your portion, they, they [are] your lot.” The next line indicates idols are in view.

[57:6]  ²⁰ tn The text reads literally, “Because of these am I relenting?” If the prefixed interrogative particle is retained at the beginning of the sentence, then the question would be rhetorical, with the Niphal of נָחָם (nakham) probably being used in the sense of “relent, change one’s mind.” One could translate: “Because of these things, how can I relent?” However, the initial letter he may be dittographic (note the final he [ה] on the preceding word). In this case one may understand the verb in the sense of “console oneself, seek vengeance,” as in 1:24.

[58:10]  ²¹ tn Heb “if you.” See the note on “you must” in v. 9b.

[58:10]  ²² tn Heb “If you furnish for the hungry [with] your being, and the appetite of the oppressed you satisfy.”

[58:10]  ²³ tn Heb “will rise in the darkness.”

[58:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and your darkness [will be] like noonday.”