Yesaya 1:24

1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, ¹ 

the powerful ruler of Israel, ²  says this:

“Ah, I will seek vengeance ³  against my adversaries,

I will take revenge against my enemies. ⁴ 

Yesaya 7:11

7:11 “Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.” ⁵ 

Yesaya 30:15

30:15 For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says:

“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; ⁶ 

if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, ⁷ 

but you are unwilling.

Yesaya 42:6

42:6 “I, the Lord, officially commission you; ⁸ 

I take hold of your hand.

I protect you ⁹  and make you a covenant mediator for people, ¹⁰ 

and a light ¹¹  to the nations, ¹² 

Yesaya 45:24

45:24 they will say about me,

“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” ¹³ 

All who are angry at him will cower before him. ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 51:1

There is Hope for the Future

51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, ¹⁵ 

who seek the Lord!

Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,

at the quarry ¹⁶  from which you were dug! ¹⁷ 

Yesaya 56:4

56:4 For this is what the Lord says:

“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths

and choose what pleases me

and are faithful to ¹⁸  my covenant,

Yesaya 58:4

58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by ¹⁹  arguments, brawls,

and fistfights. ²⁰ 

Do not fast as you do today,

trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

Yesaya 65:15

65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. ²¹ 

The sovereign Lord will kill you,

but he will give his servants another name.

[1:24]  ¹ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at v. 9.

[1:24]  ² tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Israel.”

[1:24]  ³ tn Heb “console myself” (i.e., by getting revenge); NRSV “pour out my wrath on.”

[1:24]  ⁴ sn The Lord here identifies with the oppressed and comes as their defender and vindicator.

[7:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “Make it as deep as Sheol or make it high upwards.” These words suggest that Ahaz can feel free to go beyond the bounds of ordinary human experience.

[30:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “in returning and in quietness you will be delivered.” Many English versions render the last phrase “shall be saved” or something similar (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[30:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “in quietness and in trust is your strength” (NASB and NRSV both similar).

[42:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “call you in righteousness.” The pronoun “you” is masculine singular, referring to the servant. See the note at 41:2.

[42:6]  ⁹ tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצַר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצַר (yatsar, “form”).

[42:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. The precise identity of עָם (’am, “people”) is uncertain. In v. 5 עָם refers to mankind, and the following reference to “nations” also favors this. But in 49:8, where the phrase בְּרִית עָם occurs again, Israel seems to be in view.

[42:6]  ¹¹ sn Light here symbolizes deliverance from bondage and oppression; note the parallelism in 49:6b and in 51:4-6.

[42:6]  ¹² tn Or “the Gentiles” (so KJV, ASV, NIV); the same Hebrew word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context.

[45:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “‘Yes, in the Lord,’ one says about me, ‘is deliverance and strength.’”

[45:24]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “will come to him and be ashamed.”

[51:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”

[51:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”

[51:1]  ¹⁷ sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.

[56:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.”

[58:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”

[58:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”

[65:15]  ²¹ tn Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.”

[65:15]  sn For an example of such a curse formula see Jer 29:22.