Yesaya 10:9

10:9 Is not Calneh like Carchemish?

Hamath like Arpad?

Samaria like Damascus? ¹ 

Yesaya 26:2

26:2 Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter –

one that remains trustworthy.

Yesaya 32:16-17

32:16 Justice will settle down in the desert

and fairness will live in the orchard. ² 

32:17 Fairness will produce peace ³ 

and result in lasting security. ⁴ 

Yesaya 38:7

38:7 Isaiah replied, ⁵  “This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said:

Yesaya 43:18

43:18 “Don’t remember these earlier events; ⁶ 

don’t recall these former events.

Yesaya 47:3

47:3 Let your private parts be exposed!

Your genitals will be on display! ⁷ 

I will get revenge;

I will not have pity on anyone,” ⁸ 

Yesaya 59:3

59:3 For your hands are stained with blood

and your fingers with sin;

your lips speak lies,

your tongue utters malicious words.

[10:9]  ¹ sn Calneh … Carchemish … Hamath … Arpad … Samaria … Damascus. The city states listed here were conquered by the Assyrians between 740-717 b.c. The point of the rhetorical questions is that no one can stand before Assyria’s might. On the geographical, rather than chronological arrangement of the cities, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:264, n. 4.

[32:16]  ² 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.

[32:17]  ³ tn Heb “and the product of fairness will be peace.”

[32:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the work of fairness [will be] calmness and security forever.”

[38:7]  ⁵ tn The words “Isaiah replied” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the present form of the Hebrew text v. 7 is joined directly to v. 6, but vv. 21-22, if original to Isaiah 38, must be inserted here. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.

[43:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “the former things” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “forget all that.”

[47:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “Your shame will be seen.” In this context “shame” is a euphemism referring to the genitals.

[47:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “I will not meet a man.” The verb פָּגַע (pagah) apparently carries the nuance “meet with kindness” here (cf. 64:5, and see BDB 803 s.v. Qal.2).