Yesaya 47:6

47:6 I was angry at my people;

I defiled my special possession

and handed them over to you.

You showed them no mercy; ¹ 

you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. ² 

Yesaya 56:6

56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of ³  the Lord and serve him,

who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –

all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

and who are faithful to ⁴  my covenant –

Yesaya 65:5

65:5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself!

Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’

These people are like smoke in my nostrils,

like a fire that keeps burning all day long.

[47:6]  ¹ tn Or “compassion.”

[47:6]  ² tn Heb “on the old you made very heavy your yoke.”

[56:6]  ³ tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”

[56:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”