Yesaya 26:3

26:3 You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith,

for they trust in you. ¹ 

Yesaya 59:8

59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;

their deeds are unjust. ² 

They use deceitful methods,

and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. ³ 

Yehezkiel 13:16

13:16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem ⁴  and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’

[26:3]  ¹ tn Heb “[one of] firm purpose you will keep [in] peace, peace, for in you he possesses trust.” The Hebrew term יֵצֶר (yetser) refers to what one devises in the mind; סָמוּךְ (samukh) probably functions here like an attributive adjective and carries the nuance “firm.” So the phrase literally means, “a firm purpose,” but as the object of the verb “keep, guard,” it must stand by metonymy for the one(s) who possess a firm purpose. In this context the “righteous nation” (v. 2) is probably in view and the “firm purpose” refers to their unwavering faith in God’s vindication (see 25:9). In this context שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”), which is repeated for emphasis, likely refers to national security, not emotional or psychological composure (see vv. 1-2). The passive participle בָּטוּחַ (batuakh) expresses a state that results from the subject’s action.

[59:8]  ² tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”

[59:8]  ³ tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”

[13:16]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.