Yesaya 51:22

51:22 This is what your sovereign master, ¹  the Lord your God, says:

“Look, I have removed from your hand

the cup of intoxicating wine, ² 

the goblet full of my anger. ³ 

You will no longer have to drink it.

Yesaya 54:13

54:13 All your children will be followers of the Lord,

and your children will enjoy great prosperity. ⁴ 

Yesaya 55:11

55:11 In the same way, the promise that I make

does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. ⁵ 

No, it is realized as I desire

and is fulfilled as I intend.” ⁶ 

Yesaya 56:7

56:7 I will bring them to my holy mountain;

I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. ⁷ 

Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar,

for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.” ⁸ 

Yesaya 63:3

63:3 “I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself;

no one from the nations joined me.

I stomped on them ⁹  in my anger;

I trampled them down in my rage.

Their juice splashed on my garments,

and stained ¹⁰  all my clothes.

Yesaya 65:16

65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth ¹¹ 

will do so in the name of the faithful God; ¹² 

whoever makes an oath in the earth

will do so in the name of the faithful God. ¹³ 

For past problems will be forgotten;

I will no longer think about them. ¹⁴ 

[51:22]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[51:22]  ² tn Heb “the cup of [= that causes] staggering” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV); NASB “the cup of reeling.”

[51:22]  ³ tn Heb “the goblet of the cup of my anger.”

[54:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and great [will be] the peace of your sons.”

[55:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “so is the word which goes out from my mouth, it does not return to empty.” “Word” refers here to divine promises, like the ones made just prior to and after this (see vv. 7b, 12-13).

[55:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “but it accomplishes what I desire, and succeeds [on the mission] which I send it.”

[55:11]  sn Verses 8-11 focus on the reliability of the divine word and support the promises before (vv. 3-5, 7b) and after (vv. 12-13) this. Israel can be certain that repentance will bring forgiveness and a new covenantal relationship because God’s promises are reliable. In contrast to human plans (or “thoughts”), which are destined to fail (Ps 94:11) apart from divine approval (Prov 19:21), and human deeds (or “ways”), which are evil and lead to destruction (Prov 1:15-19; 3:31-33; 4:19), God’s plans are realized and his deeds accomplish something positive.

[56:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the house of my prayer.”

[56:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

[63:3]  ⁹ sn Nations, headed by Edom, are the object of the Lord’s anger (see v. 6). He compares military slaughter to stomping on grapes in a vat.

[63:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and I stained.” For discussion of the difficult verb form, see HALOT 170 s.v. II גאל. Perhaps the form is mixed, combining the first person forms of the imperfect (note the alef prefix) and perfect (note the תי- ending).

[65:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.

[65:16]  ¹² tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”

[65:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”