Yesaya 26:1

Judah Will Celebrate

26:1 At that time ¹  this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city!

The Lord’s ²  deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure. ³ 

Yesaya 51:6

51:6 Look up at the sky!

Look at the earth below!

For the sky will dissipate ⁴  like smoke,

and the earth will wear out like clothes;

its residents will die like gnats.

But the deliverance I give ⁵  is permanent;

the vindication I provide ⁶  will not disappear. ⁷ 

Yesaya 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ⁸  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ⁹  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

[26:1]  ¹ tn Heb “In that day” (so KJV).

[26:1]  ² tn Heb “his”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:1]  ³ tn Heb “deliverance he makes walls and a rampart.”

[51:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “will be torn in pieces.” The perfect indicates the certitude of the event, from the Lord’s rhetorical perspective.

[51:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “my deliverance.” The same Hebrew word can also be translated “salvation” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); cf. CEV “victory.”

[51:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”].”

[51:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “will not be shattered [or “dismayed”].”

[60:18]  ⁸ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ⁹ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.