Yesaya 1:26

1:26 I will reestablish honest judges as in former times,

wise advisers as in earlier days. ¹ 

Then you will be called, ‘The Just City,

Faithful Town.’”

Yesaya 41:4

41:4 Who acts and carries out decrees? ² 

Who ³  summons the successive generations from the beginning?

I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning,

and at the very end – I am the one. ⁴ 

Yesaya 46:10

46:10 who announces the end from the beginning

and reveals beforehand ⁵  what has not yet occurred,

who says, ‘My plan will be realized,

I will accomplish what I desire,’

[1:26]  ¹ tn Heb “I will restore your judges as in the beginning; and your counselors as in the beginning.” In this context, where social injustice and legal corruption are denounced (see v. 23), the “judges” are probably government officials responsible for making legal decisions, while the “advisers” are probably officials who helped the king establish policies. Both offices are also mentioned in 3:2.

[41:4]  ² tn Heb “Who acts and accomplishes?”; NASB “Who has performed and accomplished it.”

[41:4]  ³ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[41:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “I, the Lord, [am with] the first, and with the last ones I [am] he.”

[46:10]  ⁵ tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”