Yesaya 32:1

Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail

32:1 Look, a king will promote fairness; ¹ 

officials will promote justice. ² 

Yesaya 7:6

7:6 They say, “Let’s attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. ³  Then we’ll set up the son of Tabeel as its king.” ⁴ 

Yesaya 24:23

24:23 The full moon will be covered up, ⁵ 

the bright sun ⁶  will be darkened; ⁷ 

for the Lord who commands armies will rule ⁸ 

on Mount Zion in Jerusalem ⁹ 

in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor. ¹⁰ 

Yesaya 52:7

52:7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains ¹¹ 

the feet of a messenger who announces peace,

a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” ¹² 

Yesaya 37:38

37:38 One day, ¹³  as he was worshiping ¹⁴  in the temple of his god Nisroch, ¹⁵  his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. ¹⁶  They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

[32:1]  ¹ tn Heb “will reign according to fairness.”

[32:1]  ² tn Heb “will rule according to justice.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Heb “and let us break it open for ourselves”; NASB “make for ourselves a breach in its walls”; NLT “fight our way into.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and we will make the son of Tabeel king in its midst.”

[7:6]  sn The precise identity of this would-be puppet king is unknown. He may have been a Syrian official or the ruler of one of the small neighboring states. See Y. Aharoni, Land of the Bible, 370.

[24:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “will be ashamed.”

[24:23]  ⁶ tn Or “glow of the sun.”

[24:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “will be ashamed” (so NCV).

[24:23]  ⁸ tn Or “take his throne,” “become king.”

[24:23]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and before his elders [in] splendor.”

[52:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “How delightful on the mountains.”

[52:7]  ¹² tn Or “has become king.” When a new king was enthroned, his followers would give this shout. For other examples of this enthronement formula (Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָלַךְ [malakh], followed by the name of the king), see 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13. The Lord is an eternal king, but here he is pictured as a victorious warrior who establishes his rule from Zion.

[37:38]  ¹³ sn The assassination of King Sennacherib probably took place in 681 b.c.

[37:38]  ¹⁴ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[37:38]  ¹⁵ sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name Nisroch is a corruption of Nusku.

[37:38]  ¹⁶ sn Extra-biblical sources also mention the assassination of Sennacherib, though they refer to only one assassin. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 239-40.