Yesaya 22:18

22:18 He will wind you up tightly into a ball

and throw you into a wide, open land. ¹ 

There you will die,

and there with you will be your impressive chariots, ² 

which bring disgrace to the house of your master. ³ 

Yesaya 36:6

36:6 Look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If someone leans on it for support, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him!

Yesaya 47:10

47:10 You were complacent in your evil deeds; ⁴ 

you thought, ⁵  ‘No one sees me.’

Your self-professed ⁶  wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,

when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’ ⁷ 

Yesaya 47:13

47:13 You are tired out from listening to so much advice. ⁸ 

Let them take their stand –

the ones who see omens in the sky,

who gaze at the stars,

who make monthly predictions –

let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you! ⁹ 

Yesaya 49:8

49:8 This is what the Lord says:

“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you;

in the day of deliverance I will help you;

I will protect you ¹⁰  and make you a covenant mediator for people, ¹¹ 

to rebuild ¹²  the land ¹³ 

and to reassign the desolate property.

Yesaya 50:1

50:1 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate

by which I divorced her?

Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? ¹⁴ 

Look, you were sold because of your sins; ¹⁵ 

because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother. ¹⁶ 

Yesaya 57:11

57:11 Whom are you worried about?

Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully

and not remember me

or think about me? ¹⁷ 

Because I have been silent for so long, ¹⁸ 

you are not afraid of me. ¹⁹ 

[22:18]  ¹ tn Heb “and he will tightly [or “surely”] wind you [with] winding like a ball, to a land broad of hands [i.e., “sides”].”

[22:18]  ² tn Heb “and there the chariots of your splendor.”

[22:18]  ³ sn Apparently the reference to chariots alludes to Shebna’s excessive pride, which in turn brings disgrace to the royal family.

[47:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “you trusted in your evil”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “wickedness.”

[47:10]  ⁵ tn Or “said”; NAB “said to yourself”’ NASB “said in your heart.”

[47:10]  ⁶ tn The words “self-professed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[47:10]  ⁷ tn See the note at v. 8.

[47:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “you are tired because of the abundance of your advice.”

[47:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “let them stand and rescue you – the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make known by months – from those things which are coming upon you.”

[49:8]  ¹⁰ tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצָר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצָר (yatsar, “form”).

[49:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. Here עָם (’am, “people”) appears to refer to Israel. See the note at 42:6.

[49:8]  ¹² tn The Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “arise”) is probably used here in the sense of “rebuild.”

[49:8]  ¹³ tn The “land” probably stands by metonymy for the ruins within it.

[50:1]  ¹⁴ sn The Lord challenges the exiles (Zion’s children) to bring incriminating evidence against him. The rhetorical questions imply that Israel accused the Lord of divorcing his wife (Zion) and selling his children (the Israelites) into slavery to pay off a debt.

[50:1]  ¹⁵ sn The Lord admits that he did sell the Israelites, but it was because of their sins, not because of some debt he owed. If he had sold them to a creditor, they ought to be able to point him out, but the preceding rhetorical question implies they would not be able to do so.

[50:1]  ¹⁶ sn The Lord admits he did divorce Zion, but that too was the result of the nation’s sins. The force of the earlier rhetorical question comes into clearer focus now. The question does not imply that a certificate does not exist and that no divorce occurred. Rather, the question asks for the certificate to be produced so the accuser can see the reason for the divorce in black and white. The Lord did not put Zion away arbitrarily.

[57:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”

[57:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”

[57:11]  ¹⁹ sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.