Yesaya 1:14

1:14 I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies;

they are a burden

that I am tired of carrying.

Yesaya 17:1

The Lord Will Judge Damascus

17:1 Here is a message about Damascus:

“Look, Damascus is no longer a city,

it is a heap of ruins!

Yesaya 32:16

32:16 Justice will settle down in the desert

and fairness will live in the orchard. ¹ 

Yesaya 32:18

32:18 My people will live in peaceful settlements,

in secure homes,

and in safe, quiet places. ² 

Yesaya 54:2

54:2 Make your tent larger,

stretch your tent curtains farther out! ³ 

Spare no effort,

lengthen your ropes,

and pound your stakes deep. ⁴ 

Yesaya 55:4

55:4 Look, I made him a witness to nations, ⁵ 

a ruler and commander of nations.”

[32:16]  ¹ sn This new era of divine blessing will also include a moral/ethical transformation, as justice and fairness fill the land and replace the social injustice so prevalent in Isaiah’s time.

[32:18]  ² tn Or “in safe resting places”; NAB, NRSV “quiet resting places.”

[54:2]  ³ tn Heb “the curtains of our dwelling places let them stretch out.”

[54:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “your stakes strengthen.”

[55:4]  ⁵ sn Ideally the Davidic king was to testify to the nations of God’s greatness (cf. Pss 18:50 HT [18:49 ET]; 22:28 HT [22:27 ET]). See J. H. Eaton, Kingship in the Psalms (SBT), 182-84.