Yesaya 21:4

21:4 My heart palpitates, ¹ 

I shake in fear; ² 

the twilight I desired

has brought me terror.

Yesaya 38:16

38:16 O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life;

may years of life be restored to me. ³ 

Restore my health ⁴  and preserve my life.’

Yesaya 40:17

40:17 All the nations are insignificant before him;

they are regarded as absolutely nothing. ⁵ 

Yesaya 65:3

65:3 These people continually and blatantly offend me ⁶ 

as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards ⁷ 

and burn incense on brick altars. ⁸ 

[21:4]  ¹ tn Heb “wanders,” perhaps here, “is confused.”

[21:4]  ² tn Heb “shuddering terrifies me.”

[38:16]  ³ tn The translation offered here is purely speculative. The text as it stands is meaningless and probably corrupt. It reads literally, “O lord, on account of them [the suffix is masculine plural], they live, and to all in them [the suffix is feminine plural], life of my spirit.”

[38:16]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as indicative, “you restore my health,” but the following imperatival form suggests it be understood as an imperfect of request.

[40:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “[as derived] from nothing and unformed.”

[65:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “the people who provoke me to anger to my face continually.”

[65:3]  ⁷ tn Or “gardens” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[65:3]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps, “on tiles.”