Yesaya 5:19

5:19 They say, “Let him hurry, let him act quickly, ¹ 

so we can see;

let the plan of the Holy One of Israel ²  take shape ³  and come to pass,

then we will know it!”

Yesaya 7:16

7:16 Here is why this will be so: ⁴  Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land ⁵  whose two kings you fear will be desolate. ⁶ 

Yesaya 28:9

28:9 Who is the Lord ⁷  trying to teach?

To whom is he explaining a message? ⁸ 

Those just weaned from milk!

Those just taken from their mother’s breast! ⁹ 

Yesaya 37:20

37:20 Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.” ¹⁰ 

Yesaya 41:20

41:20 I will do this so ¹¹  people ¹²  will observe and recognize,

so they will pay attention and understand

that the Lord’s power ¹³  has accomplished this,

and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.” ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 41:23

41:23 Predict how future events will turn out, ¹⁵ 

so we might know you are gods.

Yes, do something good or bad,

so we might be frightened and in awe. ¹⁶ 

Yesaya 43:19

43:19 “Look, I am about to do something new.

Now it begins to happen! ¹⁷  Do you not recognize ¹⁸  it?

Yes, I will make a road in the desert

and paths ¹⁹  in the wilderness.

Yesaya 44:18

44:18 They do not comprehend or understand,

for their eyes are blind and cannot see;

their minds do not discern. ²⁰ 

Yesaya 44:25

44:25 who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers ²¹ 

and humiliates ²²  the omen readers,

who overturns the counsel of the wise men ²³ 

and makes their advice ²⁴  seem foolish,

Yesaya 45:3

45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, ²⁵ 

riches stashed away in secret places,

so you may recognize that I am the Lord,

the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel.

Yesaya 45:6

45:6 I do this ²⁶  so people ²⁷  will recognize from east to west

that there is no God but me;

I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Yesaya 47:10

47:10 You were complacent in your evil deeds; ²⁸ 

you thought, ²⁹  ‘No one sees me.’

Your self-professed ³⁰  wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,

when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’ ³¹ 

Yesaya 48:7

48:7 Now they come into being, ³²  not in the past;

before today you did not hear about them,

so you could not say,

‘Yes, ³³  I know about them.’

Yesaya 56:11

56:11 The dogs have big appetites;

they are never full. ³⁴ 

They are shepherds who have no understanding;

they all go their own way,

each one looking for monetary gain. ³⁵ 

Yesaya 60:16

60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;

you will nurse at the breasts of kings. ³⁶ 

Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,

your protector, ³⁷  the powerful ruler of Jacob. ³⁸ 

[5:19]  ¹ tn Heb “let his work hurry, let it hasten.” The pronoun “his” refers to God, as the parallel line makes clear. The reference to his “work” alludes back to v. 12, which refers to his ‘work” of judgment. With these words the people challenged the prophet’s warning of approaching judgment. They were in essence saying that they saw no evidence that God was about to work in such a way.

[5:19]  ² sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[5:19]  ³ tn Heb “draw near” (so NASB); NRSV “hasten to fulfillment.”

[7:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “for, because.” The particle introduces the entire following context (vv. 16-25), which explains why Immanuel will be an appropriate name for the child, why he will eat sour milk and honey, and why experiencing such a diet will contribute to his moral development.

[7:16]  ⁵ sn Since “two kings” are referred to later in the verse, the “land” must here refer to Syria-Israel.

[7:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “the land will be abandoned, which you fear because of its two kings.” After the verb קוּץ (quts, “loathe, dread”) the phrase מִפְּנֵי (mipney, “from before”) introduces the cause of loathing/dread (see Gen 27:46; Exod 1:12; Num 22:3).

[28:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[28:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “Who is he teaching knowledge? For whom is he explaining a message?” The translation assumes that the Lord is the subject of the verbs “teaching” and “explaining,” and that the prophet is asking the questions. See v. 12. According to some vv. 9-10 record the people’s sarcastic response to the Lord’s message through Isaiah.

[28:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “from the breasts.” The words “their mother’s” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The translation assumes that this is the prophet’s answer to the questions asked in the first half of the verse. The Lord is trying to instruct people who are “infants” morally and ethically.

[37:20]  ¹⁰ tn The parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:19 reads, “that you, Lord, are the only God.”

[41:20]  ¹¹ tn The words “I will do this” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text has here simply, “in order that.”

[41:20]  ¹² tn Heb “they”; NAB, NRSV “that all may see”; CEV, NLT “Everyone will see.”

[41:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[41:20]  ¹⁴ tn Or “created it” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “has made it happen.”

[41:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Declare the coming things, with respect to the end.”

[41:23]  ¹⁶ 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.

[43:19]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “sprouts up”; NASB “will spring forth.”

[43:19]  ¹⁸ tn Or “know” (KJV, ASV); NASB “be aware of”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “perceive.”

[43:19]  ¹⁹ tn The Hebrew texts has “streams,” probably under the influence of v. 20. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has נתיבות (“paths”).

[44:18]  ²⁰ tn Heb “for their eyes are smeared over so they cannot see, so their heart cannot be wise.”

[44:25]  ²¹ tc The Hebrew text has בַּדִּים (baddim), perhaps meaning “empty talkers” (BDB 95 s.v. III בַּד). In the four other occurrences of this word (Job 11:3; Isa 16:6; Jer 48:30; 50:36) the context does not make the meaning of the term very clear. Its primary point appears to be that the words spoken are meaningless or false. In light of its parallelism with “omen readers,” some have proposed an emendation to בָּרִים (barim, “seers”). The Mesopotamian baru-priests were divination specialists who played an important role in court life. See R. Wilson, Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel, 93-98. Rather than supporting an emendation, J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 2:189, n. 79) suggests that Isaiah used בַּדִּים purposively as a derisive wordplay on the Akkadian word baru (in light of the close similarity of the d and r consonants).

[44:25]  ²² tn Or “makes fools of” (NIV, NRSV); NAB and NASB both similar.

[44:25]  ²³ tn Heb “who turns back the wise” (so NRSV); NIV “overthrows the learning of the wise”; TEV “The words of the wise I refute.”

[44:25]  ²⁴ tn Heb “their knowledge” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[45:3]  ²⁵ tn Heb “treasures of darkness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “treasures from dark, secret places.”

[45:6]  ²⁶ tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:6]  ²⁷ tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”

[47:10]  ²⁸ tn Heb “you trusted in your evil”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “wickedness.”

[47:10]  ²⁹ tn Or “said”; NAB “said to yourself”’ NASB “said in your heart.”

[47:10]  ³⁰ tn The words “self-professed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[47:10]  ³¹ tn See the note at v. 8.

[48:7]  ³² tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”

[48:7]  ³³ tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”

[56:11]  ³⁴ sn The phrase never full alludes to the greed of the leaders.

[56:11]  ³⁵ tn Heb “for his gain from his end.”

[60:16]  ³⁶ sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.

[60:16]  ³⁷ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[60:16]  ³⁸ sn See 1:24 and 49:26.