Yesaya 1:13

1:13 Do not bring any more meaningless ¹  offerings;

I consider your incense detestable! ² 

You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations,

but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations! ³ 

Yesaya 1:31

1:31 The powerful will be like ⁴  a thread of yarn,

their deeds like a spark;

both will burn together,

and no one will put out the fire.

Yesaya 3:1

A Coming Leadership Crisis

3:1 Look, the sovereign Lord who commands armies ⁵ 

is about to remove from Jerusalem ⁶  and Judah

every source of security, including ⁷ 

all the food and water, ⁸ 

Yesaya 7:21

7:21 At that time ⁹  a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats.

Yesaya 13:10

13:10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations

no longer give out their light; ¹⁰ 

the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,

and the moon does not shine. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 29:9

God’s People are Spiritually Insensitive

29:9 You will be shocked and amazed! ¹² 

You are totally blind! ¹³ 

They are drunk, ¹⁴  but not because of wine;

they stagger, ¹⁵  but not because of beer.

Yesaya 34:10

34:10 Night and day it will burn; ¹⁶ 

its smoke will ascend continually.

Generation after generation it will be a wasteland

and no one will ever pass through it again.

Yesaya 38:12

38:12 My dwelling place ¹⁷  is removed and taken away ¹⁸  from me

like a shepherd’s tent.

I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; ¹⁹ 

from the loom he cuts me off. ²⁰ 

You turn day into night and end my life. ²¹ 

Yesaya 42:14

42:14 “I have been inactive ²²  for a long time;

I kept quiet and held back.

Like a woman in labor I groan;

I pant and gasp. ²³ 

Yesaya 54:10

54:10 Even if the mountains are removed

and the hills displaced,

my devotion will not be removed from you,

nor will my covenant of friendship ²⁴  be displaced,”

says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.

Yesaya 56:2

56:2 The people who do this will be blessed, ²⁵ 

the people who commit themselves to obedience, ²⁶ 

who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

who refrain from doing anything that is wrong. ²⁷ 

Yesaya 56:4

56:4 For this is what the Lord says:

“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths

and choose what pleases me

and are faithful to ²⁸  my covenant,

[1:13]  ¹ tn Or “worthless” (NASB, NCV, CEV); KJV, ASV “vain.”

[1:13]  ² sn Notice some of the other practices that Yahweh regards as “detestable”: homosexuality (Lev 18:22-30; 20:13), idolatry (Deut 7:25; 13:15), human sacrifice (Deut 12:31), eating ritually unclean animals (Deut 14:3-8), sacrificing defective animals (Deut 17:1), engaging in occult activities (Deut 18:9-14), and practicing ritual prostitution (1 Kgs 14:23).

[1:13]  ³ tn Heb “sin and assembly” (these two nouns probably represent a hendiadys). The point is that their attempts at worship are unacceptable to God because the people’s everyday actions in the socio-economic realm prove they have no genuine devotion to God (see vv. 16-17).

[1:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “will become” (so NASB, NIV).

[3:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at 1:9.

[3:1]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “support and support.” The masculine and feminine forms of the noun are placed side-by-side to emphasize completeness. See GKC 394 §122.v.

[3:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “all the support of food, and all the support of water.”

[7:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “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.

[13:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “do not flash forth their light.”

[13:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “does not shed forth its light.”

[29:9]  ¹² tn The form הִתְמַהְמְהוּ (hitmahmÿhu) is a Hitpalpel imperative from מָהַהּ (mahah, “hesitate”). If it is retained, one might translate “halt and be amazed.” The translation assumes an emendation to הִתַּמְּהוּ (hittammÿhu), a Hitpael imperative from תָּמַה (tamah, “be amazed”). In this case, the text, like Hab 1:5, combines the Hitpael and Qal imperatival forms of תָּמַה (tamah). A literal translation might be “Shock yourselves and be shocked!” The repetition of sound draws attention to the statement. The imperatives here have the force of an emphatic assertion. On this use of the imperative in Hebrew, see GKC 324 §110.c and IBHS 572 §34.4c.

[29:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “Blind yourselves and be blind!” The Hitpalpel and Qal imperatival forms of שָׁעַע (sha’a’, “be blind”) are combined to draw attention to the statement. The imperatives have the force of an emphatic assertion.

[29:9]  ¹⁴ tc Some prefer to emend the perfect form of the verb to an imperative (e.g., NAB, NCV, NRSV), since the people are addressed in the immediately preceding and following contexts.

[29:9]  ¹⁵ tc Some prefer to emend the perfect form of the verb to an imperative (e.g., NAB, NCV, NRSV), since the people are addressed in the immediately preceding and following contexts.

[34:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “it will not be extinguished.”

[38:12]  ¹⁷ tn According to HALOT 217 s.v. דּוֹר this noun is a hapax legomenon meaning “dwelling place,” derived from a verbal root meaning “live” (see Ps 84:10). For an interpretation that understands the form as the well-attested noun meaning “generation,” see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:679, n. 4.

[38:12]  ¹⁸ tn The verb form appears to be a Niphal from גָּלָה (galah), which normally means “uncovered, revealed” in the Niphal. Because of the following reference to a shepherd’s tent, some prefer to emend the form to וְנָגַל, a Niphal from גָלָל (galal, “roll”) and translate “is rolled [or “folded”] up.”

[38:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “I rolled up, like a weaver, my life” (so ASV).

[38:12]  ²⁰ sn For a discussion of the imagery employed here, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:684.

[38:12]  ²¹ tn Heb “from day to night you bring me to an end.”

[42:14]  ²² tn Heb “silent” (so NASB, NIV, TEV, NLT); CEV “have held my temper.”

[42:14]  ²³ sn The imagery depicts the Lord as a warrior who is eager to fight and can no longer hold himself back from the attack.

[54:10]  ²⁴ tn Heb “peace” (so many English versions); NLT “of blessing.”

[56:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “blessed is the man who does this.”

[56:2]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the son of mankind who takes hold of it.”

[56:2]  ²⁷ tn Heb and who keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

[56:4]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and take hold of” (so KJV); NASB “hold fast.”