Yesaya 22:10

22:10 You counted the houses in Jerusalem, ¹ 

and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall. ² 

Yesaya 15:1

The Lord Will Judge Moab

15:1 Here is a message about Moab:

Indeed, in a night it is devastated,

Ar of Moab is destroyed!

Indeed, in a night it is devastated,

Kir of Moab is destroyed!

Yesaya 49:17

49:17 Your children hurry back,

while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

Yesaya 14:17

14:17 Is this the one who made the world like a desert,

who ruined its ³  cities,

and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’ ⁴ 

Yesaya 57:20

57:20 But the wicked are like a surging sea

that is unable to be quiet;

its waves toss up mud and sand.

Yesaya 22:5

22:5 For the sovereign master, ⁵  the Lord who commands armies,

has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion. ⁶ 

In the Valley of Vision ⁷  people shout ⁸ 

and cry out to the hill. ⁹ 

Yesaya 33:8

33:8 Highways are empty, ¹⁰ 

there are no travelers. ¹¹ 

Treaties are broken, ¹² 

witnesses are despised, ¹³ 

human life is treated with disrespect. ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 48:18

48:18 If only you had obeyed my ¹⁵  commandments,

prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, ¹⁶ 

deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. ¹⁷ 

Yesaya 49:19

49:19 Yes, your land lies in ruins;

it is desolate and devastated. ¹⁸ 

But now you will be too small to hold your residents,

and those who devoured you will be far away.

[22:10]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:10]  ² tn Heb “you demolished the houses to fortify the wall.”

[14:17]  ³ tc The pronominal suffix is masculine, even though its antecedent appears to be the grammatically feminine noun “world.” Some have suggested that the form עָרָיו (’arayv, plural noun with third masculine singular suffix) should be emended to עָרֶיהָ (’areha, plural noun with third feminine singular suffix). This emendation may be unnecessary in light of other examples of lack of agreement a suffix and its antecedent noun.

[14:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his prisoners did not let loose to [their] homes.” This really means, “he did not let loose his prisoners and send them back to their homes.’ On the elliptical style, see GKC 366 §117.o.

[22:5]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 12, 14, 15 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[22:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “For [there is] a day of panic, and trampling, and confusion for the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].”

[22:5]  ⁷ tn The traditional accentuation of the Hebrew text suggests that this phrase goes with what precedes.

[22:5]  ⁸ tn The precise meaning of this statement is unclear. Some take קִר (qir) as “wall” and interpret the verb to mean “tear down.” However, tighter parallelism (note the reference to crying for help in the next line) is achieved if one takes both the verb and noun from a root, attested in Ugaritic and Arabic, meaning “make a sound.” See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:404, n. 5.

[22:5]  ⁹ sn Perhaps “the hill” refers to the temple mount.

[33:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “desolate” (NAB, NASB); NIV, NRSV, NLT “deserted.”

[33:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the one passing by on the road ceases.”

[33:8]  ¹² tn Heb “one breaks a treaty”; NAB “Covenants are broken.”

[33:8]  ¹³ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “he despises cities.” The term עָרִים (’arim, “cities”) is probably a corruption of an original עֵדִים (’edim, “[legal] witnesses”), a reading that is preserved in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a. Confusion of dalet (ד) and resh (ר) is a well-attested scribal error.

[33:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he does not regard human beings.”

[48:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”

[48:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “like a river your peace would have been.” שָׁלוֹם (shalom) probably refers here to the peace and prosperity which God promised in return for obedience to the covenant.

[48:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.

[49:19]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Indeed your ruins and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction.” This statement is abruptly terminated in the Hebrew text and left incomplete.