Yesaya 33:9

33:9 The land ¹  dries up ²  and withers away;

the forest of Lebanon shrivels up ³  and decays.

Sharon ⁴  is like the desert; ⁵ 

Bashan and Carmel ⁶  are parched. ⁷ 

Yesaya 52:2

52:2 Shake off the dirt! ⁸ 

Get up, captive ⁹  Jerusalem!

Take off the iron chains around your neck,

O captive daughter Zion!

Yesaya 33:15

33:15 The one who lives ¹⁰  uprightly ¹¹ 

and speaks honestly;

the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures

and rejects a bribe; ¹² 

the one who does not plot violent crimes ¹³ 

and does not seek to harm others ¹⁴  –

[33:9]  ¹ tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”

[33:9]  ² tn Or “mourns” (BDB 5 s.v. I אָבַל). HALOT 6-7 lists homonyms I אבל (“mourn”) and II אבל (“dry up”). They propose the second here on the basis of parallelism. See 24:4.

[33:9]  ³ tn Heb “Lebanon is ashamed.” The Hiphil is exhibitive, expressing the idea, “exhibits shame.” In this context the statement alludes to the withering of vegetation.

[33:9]  ⁴ sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.

[33:9]  ⁵ tn Or “the Arabah” (NIV). See 35:1.

[33:9]  ⁶ sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.

[33:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”

[52:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “Shake yourself free from the dirt.”

[52:2]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text has שְּׂבִי (shÿvi), which some understand as a feminine singular imperative from יָשַׁב (yashav, “sit”). The LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, and the Targum support the MT reading (the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a does indirectly). Some interpret this to mean “take your throne”: The Lord exhorts Jerusalem to get up from the dirt and sit, probably with the idea of sitting in a place of honor (J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:361). However, the form is likely a corruption of שְׁבִיָּה (shÿviyyah, “captive”), which appears in the parallel line.

[33:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).

[33:15]  ¹¹ tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”

[33:15]  ¹² tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”

[33:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”

[33:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”