Yesaya 43:4

43:4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, ¹ 

and I love you,

I will hand over people in place of you,

nations in place of your life.

Yesaya 49:10

49:10 They will not be hungry or thirsty;

the sun’s oppressive heat will not beat down on them, ² 

for one who has compassion on them will guide them;

he will lead them to springs of water.

Yesaya 61:11

61:11 For just as the ground produces its crops

and a garden yields its produce,

so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance ³  to grow,

and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. ⁴ 

[43:4]  ¹ tn Heb “Since you are precious in my eyes and you are honored.”

[49:10]  ² tn Heb “and the heat and the sun will not strike them.” In Isa 35:7, its only other occurrence in the OT, שָׁרָב (sharav) stands parallel to “parched ground” and in contrast to “pool.” In later Hebrew and Aramaic it refers to “dry heat, heat of the sun” (Jastrow 1627 s.v.). Here it likely has this nuance and forms a hendiadys with “sun.”

[61:11]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).

[61:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”