Yesaya 3:6

3:6 Indeed, a man will grab his brother

right in his father’s house ¹  and say, ² 

‘You own a coat –

you be our leader!

This heap of ruins will be under your control.’ ³ 

Yesaya 4:2

The Branch of the Lord

4:2 At that time ⁴ 

the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; ⁵ 

the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight

to those who remain in Israel. ⁶ 

Yesaya 5:12

5:12 They have stringed instruments, ⁷  tambourines, flutes,

and wine at their parties.

So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing,

they do not perceive what he is bringing about. ⁸ 

Yesaya 10:20

10:20 At that time ⁹  those left in Israel, those who remain of the family ¹⁰  of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. ¹¹  Instead they will truly ¹²  rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. ¹³ 

Yesaya 16:7

16:7 So Moab wails over its demise ¹⁴  –

they all wail!

Completely devastated, they moan

about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. ¹⁵ 

Yesaya 31:2

31:2 Yet he too is wise ¹⁶  and he will bring disaster;

he does not retract his decree. ¹⁷ 

He will attack the wicked nation, ¹⁸ 

and the nation that helps ¹⁹  those who commit sin. ²⁰ 

Yesaya 37:2

37:2 Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, ²¹  clothed in sackcloth, sent this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

Yesaya 58:6

58:6 No, this is the kind of fast I want. ²² 

I want you ²³  to remove the sinful chains,

to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke,

to set free the oppressed, ²⁴ 

and to break every burdensome yoke.

Yesaya 65:18

65:18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore

over what I am about to create!

For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem ²⁵  to be a source of joy, ²⁶ 

and her people to be a source of happiness. ²⁷ 

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “[in] the house of his father” (so ASV); NIV “at his father’s home.”

[3:6]  ² tn The words “and say” are supplied for stylistic reasons.

[3:6]  ³ tn Heb “your hand”; NASB “under your charge.”

[3:6]  sn The man’s motives are selfish. He tells his brother to assume leadership because he thinks he has some wealth to give away.

[4:2]  ⁴ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the vegetation of the Lord will become beauty and honor.” Many English versions understand the phrase צֶמַח יְהוָה (tsemakh yÿhvah) as a messianic reference and render it, “the Branch of the Lord” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT, and others). Though צֶמַח (tsemakh) is used by later prophets of a royal descendant (Jer 23;5; 33:15; Zech 3:8; 6:12), those passages contain clear contextual indicators that a human ruler is in view and that the word is being used in a metaphorical way of offspring. However, in Isa 4:2 there are no such contextual indicators. To the contrary, in the parallel structure of the verse צֶמַח יְהוָה corresponds to “produce of the land,” a phrase that refers elsewhere exclusively to literal agricultural produce (see Num 13:20, 26; Deut 1:25). In the majority of its uses צֶמַח refers to literal crops or vegetation (in Ps 65:10 the Lord is the source of this vegetation). A reference to the Lord restoring crops would make excellent sense in Isa 4 and the prophets frequently included this theme in their visions of the future age (see Isa 30:23-24; 32:20; Jer 31:12; Ezek 34:26-29; and Amos 9:13-14).

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the fruit of the land will become pride and beauty for the remnant of Israel.”

[5:12]  ⁷ tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).

[5:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “the work of the Lord they do not look at, and the work of his hands they do not see.” God’s “work” can sometimes be his creative deeds, but in this context it is the judgment that he is planning to bring upon his people (cf. vv. 19, 26; 10:12; 28:21).

[10:20]  ⁹ tn Or “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[10:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “house” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[10:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “on one who strikes him down.” This individual is the king (“foreign leader”) of the oppressing nation (which NLT specifies as “the Assyrians”).

[10:20]  ¹² tn Or “sincerely”; KJV, ASV, NAB, NRSV “in truth.”

[10:20]  ¹³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[16:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “So Moab wails for Moab.”

[16:7]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew text has, “for the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth you [masculine plural] moan, surely destroyed.” The “raisin cakes” could have cultic significance (see Hos 3:1), but the next verse focuses on agricultural disaster, so here the raisin cakes are mentioned as an example of the fine foods that are no longer available (see 2 Sam 6:19; Song 2:5) because the vines have been destroyed by the invader (see v. 8). Some prefer to take אֲשִׁישֵׁי (’ashishe, “raisin cakes of”) as “men of” (see HALOT 95 s.v. *אָשִׁישׁ; cf. NIV). The verb form תֶהְגּוּ (tehgu, “you moan”) is probably the result of dittography (note that the preceding word ends in tav [ת]) and should be emended to הגו (a perfect, third plural form), “they moan.”

[31:2]  ¹⁶ sn This statement appears to have a sarcastic tone. The royal advisers who are advocating an alliance with Egypt think they are wise, but the Lord possesses wisdom as well and will thwart their efforts.

[31:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he does not turn aside [i.e., “retract”] his words”; NIV “does not take back his words.”

[31:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and he will arise against the house of the wicked.”

[31:2]  ¹⁹ sn That is, Egypt.

[31:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and against the help of the doers of sin.”

[37:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “elders of the priests” (so KJV, NAB, NASB); NCV “the older priests”; NRSV, TEV, CEV “the senior priests.”

[58:6]  ²² tn Heb “Is this not a fast I choose?” “No” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[58:6]  ²³ tn The words “I want you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[58:6]  ²⁴ tn Heb “crushed.”

[65:18]  ²⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[65:18]  ²⁶ tn Heb “Jerusalem, joy.” The next verse suggests the meaning: The Lord will create Jerusalem to be a source of joy to himself.

[65:18]  ²⁷ tn Heb “her people, happiness.” See the preceding note.