Yesaya 5:13

5:13 Therefore my ¹  people will be deported ² 

because of their lack of understanding.

Their ³  leaders will have nothing to eat, ⁴ 

their ⁵  masses will have nothing to drink. ⁶ 

Yesaya 47:15

47:15 They will disappoint you, ⁷ 

those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. ⁸ 

Each strays off in his own direction, ⁹ 

leaving no one to rescue you.”

Yesaya 52:4-5

52:4 For this is what the sovereign Lord says:

“In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt;

Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.

52:5 And now, what do we have here?” ¹⁰  says the Lord.

“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,

those who rule over them taunt,” ¹¹  says the Lord,

“and my name is constantly slandered ¹²  all day long.

Yesaya 52:12

52:12 Yet do not depart quickly

or leave in a panic. ¹³ 

For the Lord goes before you;

the God of Israel is your rear guard.

Yesaya 57:9

57:9 You take olive oil as tribute ¹⁴  to your king, ¹⁵ 

along with many perfumes. ¹⁶ 

You send your messengers to a distant place;

you go all the way to Sheol. ¹⁷ 

[5:13]  ¹ sn It is not certain if the prophet or the Lord is speaking at this point.

[5:13]  ² tn The suffixed (perfect) form of the verb is used; in this way the coming event is described for rhetorical effect as occurring or as already completed.

[5:13]  ³ tn The third masculine singular suffix refers back to “my people.”

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Their glory will be men of hunger.” כָּבוֹד (kavod, “glory”) is in opposition to הָמוֹן (hamon, “masses”) and refers here to the rich and prominent members of the nation. Some prefer to repoint מְתֵי (mÿtey, “men of”) as מִתֵי (mitey, “dead ones of”).

[5:13]  ⁵ tn The third masculine singular suffix refers back to “my people.”

[5:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “and their masses will be parched [by] thirst.”

[47:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”

[47:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.

[47:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”

[52:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”

[52:5]  ¹¹ tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָּלוֹ (yÿhollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”

[52:5]  ¹² tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (na’ats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.

[52:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “or go in flight”; NAB “leave in headlong flight.”

[57:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “you journey with oil.”

[57:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the king.” Since the context refers to idolatry and child sacrifice (see v. 5), some emend מֶלֶך (melekh, “king”) to “Molech.” Perhaps Israel’s devotion to her idols is likened here to a subject taking tribute to a ruler.

[57:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and you multiply your perfumes.”

[57:9]  ¹⁷ sn Israel’s devotion to her idols is inordinate, irrational, and self-destructive.