Yesaya 41:23

41:23 Predict how future events will turn out, ¹ 

so we might know you are gods.

Yes, do something good or bad,

so we might be frightened and in awe. ² 

Yesaya 48:20

48:20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Babylonians!

Announce it with a shout of joy!

Make this known!

Proclaim it throughout the earth! ³ 

Say, ‘The Lord protects ⁴  his servant Jacob.

Yesaya 64:2

64:2 (64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood,

or fire makes water boil,

let your adversaries know who you are, ⁵ 

and may the nations shake at your presence!

[41:23]  ¹ tn Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”

[41:23]  ² tc The translation assumes the Qere (וְנִרְאֶה [vÿnir’eh], from יָרֵא [yare’], “be afraid”).

[41:23]  tn Heb “so we might be frightened and afraid together.” On the meaning of the verb שָׁתָע (shata’), see the note at v. 10.

[48:20]  ³ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[48:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[64:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “to make known your name to your adversaries.” Perhaps the infinitive construct with preposition -לְ (lamed) should be construed with “come down” in v. 1a, or subordinated to the following line: “To make known your name to your adversaries, let the nations shake from before you.”