Yesaya 24:18

24:18 The one who runs away from the sound of the terror

will fall into the pit; ¹ 

the one who climbs out of the pit,

will be trapped by the snare.

For the floodgates of the heavens ²  are opened up ³ 

and the foundations of the earth shake.

Yesaya 41:25

41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north ⁴  and he advances,

one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. ⁵ 

He steps on ⁶  rulers as if they were clay,

like a potter treading the clay.

Yesaya 45:21

45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! ⁷ 

Let them consult with one another!

Who predicted this in the past?

Who announced it beforehand?

Was it not I, the Lord?

I have no peer, there is no God but me,

a God who vindicates and delivers; ⁸ 

there is none but me.

[24:18]  ¹ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[24:18]  ² tn Heb “from the height”; KJV “from on high.”

[24:18]  ³ sn The language reflects the account of the Noahic Flood (see Gen 7:11).

[41:25]  ⁴ sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.

[41:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”

[41:25]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruption of an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).

[45:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.

[45:21]  ⁸ tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”