Yesaya 3:8

3:8 Jerusalem certainly stumbles,

Judah falls,

for their words and their actions offend the Lord; ¹ 

they rebel against his royal authority. ² 

Yesaya 8:17

8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord,

who has rejected the family of Jacob; ³ 

I will wait for him.

Yesaya 28:29

28:29 This also comes from the Lord who commands armies,

who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom. ⁴ 

Yesaya 62:7

62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, ⁵ 

until he makes Jerusalem the pride ⁶  of the earth.

[3:8]  ¹ tn Heb “for their tongue and their deeds [are] to the Lord.”

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “to rebel [against] the eyes of his majesty.” The word כָּבוֹד (kavod) frequently refers to the Lord’s royal splendor that is an outward manifestation of his authority as king.

[8:17]  ³ tn Heb “who hides his face from the house of Jacob.”

[28:29]  ⁴ sn Verses 23-29 emphasize that God possesses great wisdom and has established a natural order. Evidence of this can be seen in the way farmers utilize divinely imparted wisdom to grow and harvest crops. God’s dealings with his people will exhibit this same kind of wisdom and order. Judgment will be accomplished according to a divinely ordered timetable and, while severe enough, will not be excessive. Judgment must come, just as planting inevitably follows plowing. God will, as it were, thresh his people, but he will not crush them to the point where they will be of no use to him.

[62:7]  ⁵ tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.

[62:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”