Yesaya 43:1

The Lord Will Rescue His People

43:1 Now, this is what the Lord says,

the one who created you, O Jacob,

and formed you, O Israel:

“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect ¹  you.

I call you by name, you are mine.

Yesaya 44:26

44:26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants ² 

and brings to pass the announcements ³  of his messengers,

who says about Jerusalem, ⁴  ‘She will be inhabited,’

and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,

her ruins I will raise up,’

Yesaya 48:20

48:20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Babylonians!

Announce it with a shout of joy!

Make this known!

Proclaim it throughout the earth! ⁵ 

Say, ‘The Lord protects ⁶  his servant Jacob.

Yesaya 52:9

52:9 In unison give a joyful shout,

O ruins of Jerusalem!

For the Lord consoles his people;

he protects ⁷  Jerusalem.

Yesaya 63:9

63:9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. ⁸ 

The messenger sent from his very presence ⁹  delivered them.

In his love and mercy he protected ¹⁰  them;

he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. ¹¹ 

[43:1]  ¹ tn Or “redeem.” See the note at 41:14. Cf. NCV “saved you”; CEV “rescued you”; NLT “ransomed you.”

[44:26]  ² tn Heb “the word of his servant.” The following context indicates that the Lord’s prophets are in view.

[44:26]  ³ tn Heb “counsel.” The Hebrew term עֵצָה (’etsah) probably refers here to the divine plan as announced by the prophets. See HALOT 867 s.v. I עֵצָה.

[44:26]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[48:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[48:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[52:9]  ⁷ tn Or “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[63:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “in all their distress, there was distress to him” (reading לוֹ [lo] with the margin/Qere).

[63:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “the messenger [or “angel”] of his face”; NIV “the angel of his presence.”

[63:9]  sn This may refer to the “angel of God” mentioned in Exod 14:19, who in turn may be identical to the divine “presence” (literally, “face”) referred to in Exod 33:14-15 and Deut 4:37. Here in Isa 63 this messenger may be equated with God’s “holy Spirit” (see vv. 10-11) and “the Spirit of the Lord” (v. 14). See also Ps 139:7, where God’s “Spirit” seems to be equated with his “presence” (literally, “face”) in the synonymous parallelistic structure.

[63:9]  ¹⁰ tn Or “redeemed” (KJV, NAB, NIV), or “delivered.”

[63:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the days of antiquity”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “days of old.”