Yesaya 7:9

7:9 Ephraim’s leader is Samaria,

and Samaria’s leader is the son of Remaliah.

If your faith does not remain firm,

then you will not remain secure.” ¹ 

Yesaya 8:14

8:14 He will become a sanctuary, ² 

but a stone that makes a person trip,

and a rock that makes one stumble –

to the two houses of Israel. ³ 

He will become ⁴  a trap and a snare

to the residents of Jerusalem. ⁵ 

Yesaya 9:19

9:19 Because of the anger of the Lord who commands armies, the land was scorched, ⁶ 

and the people became fuel for the fire. ⁷ 

People had no compassion on one another. ⁸ 

Yesaya 23:13

23:13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans,

these people who have lost their identity! ⁹ 

The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.

They erected their siege towers, ¹⁰ 

demolished ¹¹  its fortresses,

and turned it into a heap of ruins. ¹² 

Yesaya 28:19

28:19 Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you;

indeed, ¹³  every morning it will sweep by,

it will come through during the day and the night.” ¹⁴ 

When this announcement is understood,

it will cause nothing but terror.

Yesaya 28:28

28:28 Grain is crushed,

though one certainly does not thresh it forever.

The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it,

but his horses do not crush it.

Yesaya 36:10

36:10 Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this land to destroy it. The Lord told me, ‘March up against this land and destroy it!’”’” ¹⁵ 

Yesaya 57:10

57:10 Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, ¹⁶ 

but you do not say, ‘I give up.’ ¹⁷ 

You get renewed energy, ¹⁸ 

so you don’t collapse. ¹⁹ 

Yesaya 59:8

59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;

their deeds are unjust. ²⁰ 

They use deceitful methods,

and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. ²¹ 

[7:9]  ¹ tn Heb “if you do not believe, you will not endure.” The verb forms are second plural; the Lord here addresses the entire Davidic family and court. (Verse 4 was addressed to the king.) There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text, designed to draw attention to the alternatives set before the king (cf. 1:20). “Believe” (תַאֳמִינוּ, ta’aminu) is a Hiphil form of the verb אָמָן (’aman); “endure” (תֵאָמֵנוּ, te’amenu) is a Niphal form of this same verb.

[8:14]  ² tn Because the metaphor of protection (“sanctuary”) does not fit the negative mood that follows in vv. 14b-15, some contend that מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdash, “sanctuary”) is probably a corruption of an original מוֹקֵשׁ (moqesh, “snare”), a word that appears in the next line (cf. NAB and H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:355-56). If the MT reading is retained (as in the above translation), the fact that Yahweh is a sanctuary wraps up the point of v. 13 and stands in contrast to God’s treatment of those who rebel against him (the rest of v. 14).

[8:14]  ³ sn The two “houses” of Israel (= the patriarch Jacob) are the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

[8:14]  ⁴ tn These words are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. וְהָיָה (vÿhayah, “and he will be”) does double duty in the parallel structure of the verse.

[8:14]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:19]  ⁶ tn The precise meaning of the verb עְתַּם (’ÿtam), which occurs only here, is uncertain, though the context strongly suggests that it means “burn, scorch.”

[9:19]  ⁷ sn The uncontrollable fire of the people’s wickedness (v. 18) is intensified by the fire of the Lord’s judgment (v. 19). God allows (or causes) their wickedness to become self-destructive as civil strife and civil war break out in the land.

[9:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “men were not showing compassion to their brothers.” The idiom “men to their brothers” is idiomatic for reciprocity. The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite without vav (ו) consecutive or an imperfect used in a customary sense, describing continual or repeated behavior in past time.

[23:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “this people [that] is not.”

[23:13]  ¹⁰ tn For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 118 s.v. *בַּחוּן.

[23:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “laid bare.” For the meaning of this word, see HALOT 889 s.v. ערר.

[23:13]  ¹² sn This verse probably refers to the Assyrian destruction of Babylon.

[28:19]  ¹³ tn Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[28:19]  ¹⁴ tn The words “it will come through” are supplied in the translation. The verb “will sweep by” does double duty in the parallel structure.

[36:10]  ¹⁵ sn In v. 10 the chief adviser develops further the argument begun in v. 7. He claims that Hezekiah has offended the Lord and that the Lord has commissioned Assyria as his instrument of discipline and judgment.

[57:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by the greatness [i.e., “length,” see BDB 914 s.v. רֹב 2] of your way you get tired.”

[57:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “it is hopeless” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NRSV “It is useless.”

[57:10]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the life of your hand you find.” The term חַיָּה (khayyah, “life”) is here used in the sense of “renewal” (see BDB 312 s.v.) while יָד (yad) is used of “strength.”

[57:10]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “you do not grow weak.”

[59:8]  ²⁰ tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”

[59:8]  ²¹ tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”