Yesaya 47:7

47:7 You said,

‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ ¹ 

You did not think about these things; ² 

you did not consider how it would turn out. ³ 

Yesaya 48:18

48:18 If only you had obeyed my ⁴  commandments,

prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, ⁵ 

deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. ⁶ 

Yesaya 57:11

57:11 Whom are you worried about?

Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully

and not remember me

or think about me? ⁷ 

Because I have been silent for so long, ⁸ 

you are not afraid of me. ⁹ 

[47:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Forever I [will be] permanent queen”; NIV “the eternal queen”; CEV “queen forever.”

[47:7]  ² tn Heb “you did not set these things upon your heart [or “mind”].”

[47:7]  ³ tn Heb “you did not remember its outcome”; NAB “you disregarded their outcome.”

[48:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”

[48:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “like a river your peace would have been.” שָׁלוֹם (shalom) probably refers here to the peace and prosperity which God promised in return for obedience to the covenant.

[48:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.

[57:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”

[57:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”

[57:11]  ⁹ sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.