Yesaya 22:14

22:14 The Lord who commands armies told me this: ¹  “Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live,” ²  says the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies.

Yesaya 30:19

30:19 For people will live in Zion;

in Jerusalem ³  you will weep no more. ⁴ 

When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy;

when he hears it, he will respond to you. ⁵ 

Yesaya 30:28

30:28 His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river ⁶ 

that reaches one’s neck.

He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; ⁷ 

he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction. ⁸ 

Yesaya 31:2

31:2 Yet he too is wise ⁹  and he will bring disaster;

he does not retract his decree. ¹⁰ 

He will attack the wicked nation, ¹¹ 

and the nation that helps ¹²  those who commit sin. ¹³ 

Yesaya 38:15

38:15 What can I say?

He has decreed and acted. ¹⁴ 

I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. ¹⁵ 

Yesaya 40:10

40:10 Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; ¹⁶ 

his military power establishes his rule. ¹⁷ 

Look, his reward is with him;

his prize goes before him. ¹⁸ 

Yesaya 40:15

40:15 Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

they are regarded as dust on the scales.

He lifts ¹⁹  the coastlands ²⁰  as if they were dust.

Yesaya 40:24

40:24 Indeed, they are barely planted;

yes, they are barely sown;

yes, they barely take root in the earth,

and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up,

and the wind carries them away like straw.

Yesaya 59:18

59:18 He repays them for what they have done,

dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries

and punishing his enemies. ²¹ 

He repays the coastlands. ²² 

Yesaya 62:11

62:11 Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: ²³ 

“Say to Daughter Zion,

‘Look, your deliverer comes!

Look, his reward is with him

and his reward goes before him!’” ²⁴ 

[22:14]  ¹ tn Heb “it was revealed in my ears [by?] the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].”

[22:14]  ² tn Heb “Certainly this sin will not be atoned for until you die.” This does not imply that their death will bring atonement; rather it emphasizes that their sin is unpardonable. The statement has the form of an oath.

[30:19]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[30:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “For people in Zion will live, in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.” The phrase “in Jerusalem” could be taken with what precedes. Some prefer to emend יֵשֵׁב (yeshev, “will live,” a Qal imperfect) to יֹשֵׁב (yoshev, a Qal active participle) and translate “For [you] people in Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.”

[30:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “he will indeed show you mercy at the sound of your crying out; when he hears, he will answer you.”

[30:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “his breath is like a flooding river.” This might picture the Lord breathing heavily as he runs down his enemy, but in light of the preceding verse, which mentions his lips and tongue, “breath” probably stands metonymically for the word or battle cry that he expels from his mouth as he shouts. In Isa 34:16 and Ps 33:6 the Lord’s “breath” is associated with his command.

[30:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “shaking nations in a sieve of worthlessness.” It is not certain exactly how שָׁוְא (shavÿ’, “emptiness, worthlessness”) modifies “sieve.” A sieve is used to separate grain from chaff and isolate what is worthless so that it might be discarded. Perhaps the nations are likened to such chaff; God’s judgment will sift them out for destruction.

[30:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “and a bit that leads astray [is] in the jaws of the peoples.” Here the nations are likened to horse that can be controlled by a bit placed in its mouth. In this case the Lord uses his sovereign control over the “horse” to lead it to its demise.

[31:2]  ⁹ sn This statement appears to have a sarcastic tone. The royal advisers who are advocating an alliance with Egypt think they are wise, but the Lord possesses wisdom as well and will thwart their efforts.

[31:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he does not turn aside [i.e., “retract”] his words”; NIV “does not take back his words.”

[31:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he will arise against the house of the wicked.”

[31:2]  ¹² sn That is, Egypt.

[31:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “and against the help of the doers of sin.”

[38:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he has spoken and he has acted.”

[38:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “because of the bitterness of my soul.”

[40:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “comes as a strong one”; ASV “will come as a mighty one.” The preposition בְּ (bet) here carries the nuance “in the capacity of.” It indicates that the Lord possesses the quality expressed by the noun. See GKC 379 §119.i and HALOT 104 s.v. בְּ.

[40:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “his arm rules for him” (so NIV, NRSV). The Lord’s “arm” symbolizes his military power (see Isa 51:9-10; 63:5).

[40:10]  ¹⁸ tn As the Lord returns to Jerusalem as a victorious warrior, he brings with him the spoils of victory, called here his “reward” and “prize.” These terms might also be translated “wages” and “recompense.” Verse 11 indicates that his rescued people, likened to a flock of sheep, are his reward.

[40:15]  ¹⁹ tn Or “weighs” (NIV); NLT “picks up.”

[40:15]  ²⁰ tn Or “islands” (NASB, NIV, NLT).

[59:18]  ²¹ tn Heb “in accordance with deeds, so he repays, anger to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies.”

[59:18]  ²² tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV).

[62:11]  ²³ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so NASB, NRSV).

[62:11]  ²⁴ sn As v. 12 indicates, the returning exiles are the Lord’s reward/prize. See also 40:10 and the note there.