Yesaya 42:24
Konteks42:24 Who handed Jacob over to the robber?
Who handed Israel over to the looters? 1
Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned?
They refused to follow his commands;
they disobeyed his law. 2
Yesaya 58:13
Konteks58:13 You must 3 observe the Sabbath 4
rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. 5
You must look forward to the Sabbath 6
and treat the Lord’s holy day with respect. 7
You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities,
and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals. 8
[42:24] 1 tn Heb “Who gave to the robber Jacob, and Israel to the looters?” In the first line the consonantal text (Kethib) has מְשׁוֹסֶה (mÿshoseh), a Polel participle from שָׁסָה (shasah, “plunder”). The marginal reading (Qere) is מְשִׁיסָּה (mÿshissah), a noun meaning “plunder.” In this case one could translate “Who handed Jacob over as plunder?”
[42:24] 2 tn Heb “they were not willing in his ways to walk, and they did not listen to his law.”
[58:13] 3 tn Lit., “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 13-14 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in v. 13), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 14.
[58:13] 4 tn Heb “if you turn from the Sabbath your feet.”
[58:13] 5 tn Heb “[from] doing your desires on my holy day.” The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa supplies the preposition מִן (min) on “doing.”
[58:13] 6 tn Heb “and call the Sabbath a pleasure”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “a delight.”
[58:13] 7 tn Heb “and [call] the holy [day] of the Lord honored.” On קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh, “holy”) as indicating a time period, see BDB 872 s.v. 2.e (cf. also Neh 8:9-11).
[58:13] 8 tn Heb “and you honor it [by refraining] from accomplishing your ways, from finding your desire and speaking a word.” It is unlikely that the last phrase (“speaking a word”) is a prohibition against talking on the Sabbath; instead it probably refers to making transactions or plans (see Hos 10:4). Some see here a reference to idle talk (cf. 2 Sam 19:30).
