Yesaya 10:13

10:13 For he says:

“By my strong hand I have accomplished this,

by my strategy that I devised.

I invaded the territory of nations, ¹ 

and looted their storehouses.

Like a mighty conqueror, ²  I brought down rulers. ³ 

Yesaya 33:15

33:15 The one who lives ⁴  uprightly ⁵ 

and speaks honestly;

the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures

and rejects a bribe; ⁶ 

the one who does not plot violent crimes ⁷ 

and does not seek to harm others ⁸  –

Yesaya 65:22

65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, ⁹ 

or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, ¹⁰ 

for my people will live as long as trees, ¹¹ 

and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. ¹² 

[10:13]  ¹ tn Heb “removed the borders of nations”; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV “boundaries.”

[10:13]  ² tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has כְּאַבִּיר (kÿ’abir, “like a strong one”); the marginal reading (Qere) is כַּבִיר (kavir, “mighty one”).

[10:13]  ³ tn Heb “and I brought down, like a strong one, ones sitting [or “living”].” The participle יוֹשְׁבִים (yoshÿvim, “ones sitting”) could refer to the inhabitants of the nations, but the translation assumes that it refers to those who sit on thrones, i.e., rulers. See BDB 442 s.v. יָשַׁב and HALOT 444 s.v. ישׁב.

[33:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).

[33:15]  ⁵ tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”

[33:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”

[33:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”

[33:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”

[65:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “they will not build, and another live [in it].”

[65:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”

[65:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for like the days of the tree [will be] the days of my people.”

[65:22]  ¹² tn Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”