Yesaya 30:1

Egypt Will Prove Unreliable

30:1 “The rebellious ¹  children are as good as dead,” ²  says the Lord,

“those who make plans without consulting me, ³ 

who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, ⁴ 

and thereby compound their sin. ⁵ 

Yesaya 33:1

The Lord Will Restore Zion

33:1 The destroyer is as good as dead, ⁶ 

you who have not been destroyed!

The deceitful one is as good as dead, ⁷ 

the one whom others have not deceived!

When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed;

when you finish ⁸  deceiving, others will deceive you!

Yesaya 36:2

36:2 The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser ⁹  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ¹⁰  along with a large army. The chief adviser ¹¹  stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ¹² 

Yesaya 65:1

The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly

65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; ¹³ 

I appeared to those who did not look for me. ¹⁴ 

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation that did not invoke ¹⁵  my name.

[30:1]  ¹ tn Or “stubborn” (NCV); cf. NIV “obstinate.”

[30:1]  ² tn Heb “Woe [to] rebellious children.”

[30:1]  ³ tn Heb “making a plan, but not from me.”

[30:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and pouring out a libation, but not [from] my spirit.” This translation assumes that the verb נָסַךְ (nasakh) means “pour out,” and that the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה (massekhah) means “libation.” In this case “pouring out a libation” alludes to a ceremony that formally ratifies an alliance. Another option is to understand the verb נָסַךְ as a homonym meaning “weave,” and the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה as a homonym meaning “covering.” In this case forming an alliance is likened to weaving a garment.

[30:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “consequently adding sin to sin.”

[33:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “Woe [to] the destroyer.”

[33:1]  sn In this context “the destroyer” appears to refer collectively to the hostile nations (vv. 3-4). Assyria would probably have been primary in the minds of the prophet and his audience.

[33:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the deceitful one”; NAB, NIV “O traitor”; NRSV “you treacherous one.” In the parallel structure הוֹי (hoy, “woe [to]”) does double duty.

[33:1]  ⁸ tc The form in the Hebrew text appears to derive from an otherwise unattested verb נָלָה (nalah). The translation follows the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a in reading ככלתך, a Piel infinitival form from the verbal root כָּלָה (kalah), meaning “finish.”

[36:2]  ⁹ sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

[36:2]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the chief adviser) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[36:2]  ¹² tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[65:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”

[65:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”

[65:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”