Yesaya 14:27

14:27 Indeed, ¹  the Lord who commands armies has a plan,

and who can possibly frustrate it?

His hand is ready to strike,

and who can possibly stop it? ² 

Yesaya 15:6

15:6 For the waters of Nimrim are gone; ³ 

the grass is dried up,

the vegetation has disappeared,

and there are no plants.

Yesaya 40:5

40:5 The splendor ⁴  of the Lord will be revealed,

and all people ⁵  will see it at the same time.

For ⁶  the Lord has decreed it.” ⁷ 

Yesaya 51:2

51:2 Look at Abraham, your father,

and Sarah, who gave you birth. ⁸ 

When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, ⁹ 

but I blessed him ¹⁰  and gave him numerous descendants. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 60:12

60:12 Indeed, ¹²  nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;

such nations will be totally destroyed. ¹³ 

[14:27]  ¹ tn Or “For” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[14:27]  ² tn Heb “His hand is outstretched and who will turn it back?”

[15:6]  ³ tn Heb “are waste places”; cf. NRSV “are a desolation.”

[40:5]  ⁴ tn Or “glory.” The Lord’s “glory” is his theophanic radiance and royal splendor (see Isa 6:3; 24:23; 35:2; 60:1; 66:18-19).

[40:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NAB, NIV “mankind”; TEV “the whole human race.”

[40:5]  ⁶ tn Or “indeed.”

[40:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord has spoken” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[51:2]  ⁸ sn Although Abraham and Sarah are distant ancestors of the people the prophet is addressing, they are spoken of as the immediate parents.

[51:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “one”; NLT “was alone”; TEV “was childless.”

[51:2]  ¹⁰ tn “Bless” may here carry the sense of “endue with potency, reproductive power.” See Gen 1:28.

[51:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and I made him numerous.”

[60:12]  ¹² tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); TEV “But.”

[60:12]  ¹³ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.