Yesaya 30:6

30:6 This is a message ¹  about the animals in the Negev:

Through a land of distress and danger,

inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, ² 

by snakes and darting adders, ³ 

they transport ⁴  their wealth on the backs of donkeys,

their riches on the humps of camels,

to a nation that cannot help them. ⁵ 

Yesaya 37:30

37:30 ⁶ “This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: ⁷  This year you will eat what grows wild, ⁸  and next year ⁹  what grows on its own. But the year after that ¹⁰  you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 42:5

42:5 This is what the true God, ¹²  the Lord, says –

the one who created the sky and stretched it out,

the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, ¹³ 

the one who gives breath to the people on it,

and life to those who live on it: ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 55:11

55:11 In the same way, the promise that I make

does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. ¹⁵ 

No, it is realized as I desire

and is fulfilled as I intend.” ¹⁶ 

Yesaya 60:9

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ¹⁷  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ¹⁸  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ¹⁹ 

the Holy One of Israel, ²⁰  for he has bestowed honor on you.

[30:6]  ¹ tn Traditionally, “burden” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “oracle.”

[30:6]  ² tc Heb “[a land of] a lioness and a lion, from them.” Some emend מֵהֶם (mehem, “from them”) to מֵהֵם (mehem), an otherwise unattested Hiphil participle from הָמַם (hamam, “move noisily”). Perhaps it would be better to take the initial mem (מ) as enclitic and emend the form to הֹמֶה (homeh), a Qal active participle from הָמָה (hamah, “to make a noise”); cf. J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:542, n. 9.

[30:6]  ³ tn Heb “flying fiery one.” See the note at 14:29.

[30:6]  ⁴ tn Or “carry” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[30:6]  ⁵ sn This verse describes messengers from Judah transporting wealth to Egypt in order to buy Pharaoh’s protection through a treaty.

[37:30]  ⁶ tn At this point the word concerning the king of Assyria (vv. 22-29) ends and the Lord again addresses Hezekiah and the people directly (see v. 21).

[37:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “and this is your sign.” In this case the אוֹת (’ot, “sign”) is a future reminder of God’s intervention designated before the actual intervention takes place. For similar “signs” see Exod 3:12 and Isa 7:14-25.

[37:30]  ⁸ sn This refers to crops that grew up on their own (that is, without cultivation) from the seed planted in past years.

[37:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “and in the second year” (so ASV).

[37:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the third year” (so KJV, NAB).

[37:30]  ¹¹ tn The four plural imperatival verb forms in v. 30b are used rhetorically. The Lord commands the people to plant, harvest, etc. to emphasize the certainty of restored peace and prosperity.

[42:5]  ¹² tn Heb “the God.” The definite article here indicates distinctiveness or uniqueness.

[42:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “and its offspring” (so NASB); NIV “all that comes out of it.”

[42:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and spirit [i.e., “breath”] to the ones walking in it” (NAB, NASB, and NRSV all similar).

[55:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “so is the word which goes out from my mouth, it does not return to empty.” “Word” refers here to divine promises, like the ones made just prior to and after this (see vv. 7b, 12-13).

[55:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “but it accomplishes what I desire, and succeeds [on the mission] which I send it.”

[55:11]  sn Verses 8-11 focus on the reliability of the divine word and support the promises before (vv. 3-5, 7b) and after (vv. 12-13) this. Israel can be certain that repentance will bring forgiveness and a new covenantal relationship because God’s promises are reliable. In contrast to human plans (or “thoughts”), which are destined to fail (Ps 94:11) apart from divine approval (Prov 19:21), and human deeds (or “ways”), which are evil and lead to destruction (Prov 1:15-19; 3:31-33; 4:19), God’s plans are realized and his deeds accomplish something positive.

[60:9]  ¹⁷ tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ²⁰ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.