Yesaya 44:5

44:5 One will say, ‘I belong to the Lord,’

and another will use ¹  the name ‘Jacob.’

One will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’

and use the name ‘Israel.’” ² 

Yesaya 30:8

30:8 Now go, write it ³  down on a tablet in their presence, ⁴ 

inscribe it on a scroll,

so that it might be preserved for a future time

as an enduring witness. ⁵ 

Yesaya 8:1

A Sign-Child is Born

8:1 The Lord told me, “Take a large tablet ⁶  and inscribe these words ⁷  on it with an ordinary stylus: ⁸  ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.’ ⁹ 

Yesaya 10:1

10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, ¹⁰ 

those who are always instituting unfair regulations, ¹¹ 

Yesaya 65:6

65:6 Look, I have decreed: ¹² 

I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;

I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, ¹³ 

Yesaya 36:22

36:22 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief ¹⁴  and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

Yesaya 38:9

Hezekiah’s Song of Thanks

38:9 This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness:

Yesaya 37:18

37:18 It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations ¹⁵  and their lands.

Yesaya 30:9

30:9 For these are rebellious people –

they are lying children,

children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law. ¹⁶ 

Yesaya 8:16

8:16 Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, ¹⁷ 

seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers. ¹⁸ 

Yesaya 8:2

8:2 Then I will summon ¹⁹  as my reliable witnesses Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

Yesaya 33:18

33:18 Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, ²⁰ 

and you will ask yourselves, ²¹  “Where is the scribe?

Where is the one who weighs the money?

Where is the one who counts the towers?” ²² 

Yesaya 10:19

10:19 There will be so few trees left in his forest,

a child will be able to count them. ²³ 

Yesaya 28:16

28:16 Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says:

“Look, I am laying ²⁴  a stone in Zion,

an approved ²⁵  stone,

set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. ²⁶ 

The one who maintains his faith will not panic. ²⁷ 

Yesaya 36:3

36:3 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet him.

Yesaya 37:2

37:2 Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, ²⁸  clothed in sackcloth, sent this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

Yesaya 37:8

37:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. ²⁹ 

[44:5]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has a Qal verb form, “and another will call by the name of Jacob.” With support from Symmachus (an ancient Greek textual witness), some read the Niphal, “and another will be called by the name of Jacob.”

[44:5]  ² tn Heb “and by the name of Israel he will title.” Some, with support from several ancient versions, prefer to change the Piel (active) verb form to a Pual (passive), “and he will be titled by the name of Israel.”

[30:8]  ³ tn The referent of the third feminine singular pronominal suffix is uncertain. Perhaps it refers to the preceding message, which accuses the people of rejecting the Lord’s help in favor of an alliance with Egypt.

[30:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “with them.” On the use of the preposition here, see BDB 86 s.v. II אֵת.

[30:8]  ⁵ sn Recording the message will enable the prophet to use it in the future as evidence that God warned his people of impending judgment and clearly spelled out the nation’s guilt. An official record of the message will also serve as proof of the prophet’s authority as God’s spokesman.

[8:1]  ⁶ sn Probably made of metal, wood, or leather. See HALOT 193 s.v. גִּלָּיוֹן.

[8:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “write” (so KJV, ASV, NIV, NRSV).

[8:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “with the stylus of a man.” The significance of the qualifying genitive “a man” is uncertain. For various interpretations see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:219, n. 1.

[8:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “quickly, [the] plunder; it hurries, [the] loot.” The first word (מַהֵר, maher) is either a Piel imperative (“hurry [to]”) or infinitive (“hurrying,” or “quickly”). The third word (חָשׁ, khash) is either a third masculine singular perfect or a masculine singular participle, in either case from the root חוּשׁ (khush, “hurry”). Perhaps it is best to translate, “One hastens to the plunder, one hurries to the loot.” In this case מַהֵר is understood as an infinitive functioning as a verb, the subject of חוּשׁ is taken as indefinite, and the two nouns are understood as adverbial accusatives. As we discover in v. 3, this is the name of the son to be born to Isaiah through the prophetess.

[10:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.

[10:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.

[65:6]  ¹² tn Heb “Look, it is written before me.”

[65:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”

[36:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “with their clothes torn”; the words “in grief” have been supplied in the translation to indicate that this was done as a sign of grief and mourning.

[37:18]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew text here has “all the lands,” but the parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:17 has “the nations.”

[30:9]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps, “instruction” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); NCV, TEV “teachings.”

[8:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “tie up [the] testimony.” The “testimony” probably refers to the prophetic messages God has given him. When the prophecies are fulfilled, he will be able to produce this official, written record to confirm the authenticity of his ministry and to prove to the people that God is sovereign over events.

[8:16]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “seal [the] instruction among my followers.” The “instruction” probably refers to the prophet’s exhortations and warnings. When the people are judged for the sins, the prophet can produce these earlier messages and essentially say, “I told you so.” In this way he can authenticate his ministry and impress upon the people the reality of God’s authority over them.

[8:2]  ¹⁹ tn The form in the text is a cohortative with prefixed vav (ו), suggesting that the Lord is announcing what he will do. Some prefer to change the verb to an imperative, “and summon as witnesses,” a reading that finds support from the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a. Another option is to point the prefixed conjunction as a vav consecutive and translate, “So I summoned as witnesses.” In this case Isaiah is recalling his response to the Lord’s commission. In any case, the reference to witnesses suggests that the name and the child who bears it will function as signs.

[33:18]  ²⁰ tn Heb “your heart will meditate on terror.”

[33:18]  ²¹ tn The words “and you will ask yourselves” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

[33:18]  ²² sn The people refer to various Assyrian officials who were responsible for determining the amount of taxation or tribute Judah must pay to the Assyrian king.

[10:19]  ²³ tn Heb “and the rest of the trees of his forest will be counted, and a child will record them.”

[28:16]  ²⁴ tc The Hebrew text has a third person verb form, which does not agree with the first person suffix that precedes. The form should be emended to יֹסֵד (yosed), a Qal active participle used in a present progressive or imminent future sense.

[28:16]  ²⁵ tn Traditionally “tested,” but the implication is that it has passed the test and stands approved.

[28:16]  ²⁶ sn The reality behind the metaphor is not entirely clear from the context. The stone appears to represent someone or something that gives Zion stability. Perhaps the ideal Davidic ruler is in view (see 32:1). Another option is that the image of beginning a building project by laying a precious cornerstone suggests that God is about to transform Zion through judgment and begin a new covenant community that will experience his protection (see 4:3-6; 31:5; 33:20-24; 35:10).

[28:16]  ²⁷ tn Heb “will not hurry,” i.e., act in panic.

[37:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “elders of the priests” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NCV “the older priests”; NRSV, TEV, CEV “the senior priests.”

[37:8]  ²⁹ tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.”