Yesaya 6:8
Konteks6:8 I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, “Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” 1 I answered, “Here I am, send me!”
Yesaya 13:17
Konteks13:17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; 2
they are not concerned about silver,
nor are they interested in gold. 3
Yesaya 23:13
Konteks23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,
these people who have lost their identity! 4
The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.
They erected their siege towers, 5
demolished 6 its fortresses,
and turned it into a heap of ruins. 7
Yesaya 28:16
Konteks28:16 Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says:
“Look, I am laying 8 a stone in Zion,
an approved 9 stone,
set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. 10
The one who maintains his faith will not panic. 11
Yesaya 29:14
Konteks29:14 Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people –
an absolutely extraordinary deed. 12
Wise men will have nothing to say,
the sages will have no explanations.” 13
Yesaya 42:1
Konteks42:1 14 “Here is my servant whom I support,
my chosen one in whom I take pleasure.
I have placed my spirit on him;
he will make just decrees 15 for the nations. 16
Yesaya 43:19
Konteks43:19 “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 44:11
Konteks44:11 Look, all his associates 20 will be put to shame;
the craftsmen are mere humans. 21
Let them all assemble and take their stand!
They will panic and be put to shame.
Yesaya 50:11
Konteks50:11 Look, all of you who start a fire
and who equip yourselves with 22 flaming arrows, 23
walk 24 in the light 25 of the fire you started
and among the flaming arrows you ignited! 26
This is what you will receive from me: 27
you will lie down in a place of pain. 28
Yesaya 54:16
Konteks54:16 Look, I create the craftsman,
who fans the coals into a fire
and forges a weapon. 29
I create the destroyer so he might devastate.
Yesaya 55:5
Konteks55:5 Look, you will summon nations 30 you did not previously know;
nations 31 that did not previously know you will run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 32
for he bestows honor on you.
Yesaya 58:3-4
Konteks58:3 They lament, 33 ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast?
Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’
Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, 34
you oppress your workers. 35
58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by 36 arguments, brawls,
and fistfights. 37
Do not fast as you do today,
trying to make your voice heard in heaven.
Yesaya 58:9
Konteks58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;
you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’
You must 38 remove the burdensome yoke from among you
and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
Yesaya 64:5
Konteks64:5 You assist 39 those who delight in doing what is right, 40
who observe your commandments. 41
Look, you were angry because we violated them continually.
How then can we be saved? 42
Yesaya 64:9
Konteks64:9 Lord, do not be too angry!
Do not hold our sins against us continually! 43
Take a good look at your people, at all of us! 44
Yesaya 65:17-18
Konteks65:17 For look, I am ready to create
new heavens and a new earth! 45
The former ones 46 will not be remembered;
no one will think about them anymore. 47
65:18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore
over what I am about to create!
For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem 48 to be a source of joy, 49
and her people to be a source of happiness. 50
[6:8] 1 tn Heb “for us.” The plural pronoun refers to the Lord, the seraphs, and the rest of the heavenly assembly.
[13:17] 2 tn Heb “against them”; NLT “against Babylon.”
[13:17] 3 sn They cannot be bought off, for they have a lust for bloodshed.
[23:13] 4 tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”
[23:13] 5 tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.
[23:13] 6 tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.
[23:13] 7 sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.
[28:16] 8 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] 9 tn Traditionally “tested,” but the implication is that it has passed the test and stands approved.
[28:16] 10 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] 11 tn Heb “will not hurry,” i.e., act in panic.
[29:14] 12 tn Heb “Therefore I will again do something amazing with these people, an amazing deed, an amazing thing.” This probably refers to the amazing transformation predicted in vv. 17-24, which will follow the purifying judgment implied in vv. 15-16.
[29:14] 13 tn Heb “the wisdom of their wise ones will perish, the discernment of their discerning ones will keep hidden.”
[42:1] 14 sn Verses 1-7 contain the first of Isaiah’s “servant songs,” which describe the ministry of a special, ideal servant who accomplishes God’s purposes for Israel and the nations. This song depicts the servant as a just king who brings justice to the earth and relief for the oppressed. The other songs appear in 49:1-13; 50:4-11; and 52:13-53:12.
[42:1] 15 tn Heb “he will bring out justice” (cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV).
[42:1] 16 sn Like the ideal king portrayed in Isa 11:1-9, the servant is energized by the divine spirit and establishes justice on the earth.
[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 1QIsaa has נתיבות (“paths”).
[44:11] 20 tn The pronoun “his” probably refers to the one who forms/casts an idol (v. 10), in which case it refers to the craftsman’s associates in the idol-manufacturing guild.
[44:11] 21 sn The point seems to be this: If the idols are the mere products of human hands, then those who trust in them will be disappointed, for man-made gods are incapable of helping their “creators.”
[50:11] 22 tc Several more recent commentators have proposed an emendation of מְאַזְּרֵי (mÿ’azzÿre, “who put on”) to מְאִירִי (mÿ’iri, “who light”). However, both Qumran scrolls of Isaiah and the Vulgate support the MT reading (cf. NIV, ESV).
[50:11] 23 tn On the meaning of זִיקוֹת (ziqot, “flaming arrows”), see HALOT 268 s.v. זִיקוֹת.
[50:11] 24 tn The imperative is probably rhetorical and has a predictive force.
[50:11] 25 tn Or perhaps, “flame” (so ASV).
[50:11] 26 sn Perhaps the servant here speaks to his enemies and warns them that they will self-destruct.
[50:11] 27 tn Heb “from my hand” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
[50:11] 28 sn The imagery may be that of a person who becomes ill and is forced to lie down in pain on a sickbed. Some see this as an allusion to a fiery place of damnation because of the imagery employed earlier in the verse.
[54:16] 29 tn Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”
[55:5] 30 tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).
[55:5] 31 tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.
[55:5] 32 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[58:3] 33 tn The words “they lament” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[58:3] 34 tn Heb “you find pleasure”; NASB “you find your desire.”
[58:3] 35 tn Or perhaps, “debtors.” See HALOT 865 s.v. * עָצֵב.
[58:4] 36 tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”
[58:4] 37 tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”
[58:9] 38 tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.
[64:5] 39 tn Heb “meet [with kindness].”
[64:5] 40 tn Heb “the one who rejoices and does righteousness.”
[64:5] 41 tn Heb “in your ways they remember you.”
[64:5] 42 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “look, you were angry and we sinned against them continually [or perhaps, “in ancient times”] and we were delivered.” The statement makes little sense as it stands. The first vav [ו] consecutive (“and we sinned”) must introduce an explanatory clause here (see Num 1:48 and Isa 39:1 for other examples of this relatively rare use of the vav [ו] consecutive). The final verb (if rendered positively) makes no sense in this context – God’s anger at their sin resulted in judgment, not deliverance. One of the alternatives involves an emendation to וַנִּרְשָׁע (vannirsha’, “and we were evil”; LXX, NRSV, TEV). The Vulgate and the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa support the MT reading. One can either accept an emendation or cast the statement as a question (as above).
[64:9] 43 tn Heb “do not remember sin continually.”
[64:9] 44 tn Heb “Look, gaze at your people, all of us.” Another option is to translate, “Take a good look! We are all your people.”
[65:17] 45 sn This hyperbolic statement likens the coming transformation of Jerusalem (see vv. 18-19) to a new creation of the cosmos.
[65:17] 46 tn Or perhaps, “the former things” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “The events of the past.”
[65:17] 47 tn Heb “and they will not come up on the mind.”
[65:18] 48 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[65:18] 49 tn Heb “Jerusalem, joy.” The next verse suggests the meaning: The Lord will create Jerusalem to be a source of joy to himself.
[65:18] 50 tn Heb “her people, happiness.” See the preceding note.
