Yesaya 1:24

1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, ¹ 

the powerful ruler of Israel, ²  says this:

“Ah, I will seek vengeance ³  against my adversaries,

I will take revenge against my enemies. ⁴ 

Yesaya 3:5

3:5 The people will treat each other harshly;

men will oppose each other;

neighbors will fight. ⁵ 

Youths will proudly defy the elderly

and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected. ⁶ 

Yesaya 9:18

9:18 For ⁷  evil burned like a fire, ⁸ 

it consumed thorns and briers;

it burned up the thickets of the forest,

and they went up in smoke. ⁹ 

[1:24]  ¹ 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 v. 9.

[1:24]  ² tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Israel.”

[1:24]  ³ tn Heb “console myself” (i.e., by getting revenge); NRSV “pour out my wrath on.”

[1:24]  ⁴ sn The Lord here identifies with the oppressed and comes as their defender and vindicator.

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “man against man, and a man against his neighbor.”

[3:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and those lightly esteemed those who are respected.” The verb רָהַב (rahav) does double duty in the parallelism.

[9:18]  ⁷ tn Or “Indeed” (cf. NIV “Surely”). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[9:18]  ⁸ sn Evil was uncontrollable and destructive, and so can be compared to a forest fire.

[9:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they swirled [with] the rising of the smoke” (cf. NRSV).