Yesaya 28:19

28:19 Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you;

indeed, ¹  every morning it will sweep by,

it will come through during the day and the night.” ² 

When this announcement is understood,

it will cause nothing but terror.

Yesaya 32:14

32:14 For the fortress is neglected;

the once-crowded ³  city is abandoned.

Hill ⁴  and watchtower

are permanently uninhabited. ⁵ 

Wild donkeys love to go there,

and flocks graze there. ⁶ 

Yesaya 43:13

43:13 From this day forward I am he;

no one can deliver from my power; ⁷ 

I will act, and who can prevent it?”

Yesaya 51:8

51:8 For a moth will eat away at them like clothes;

a clothes moth will devour them like wool.

But the vindication I provide ⁸  will be permanent;

the deliverance I give will last.”

Yesaya 60:15

60:15 You were once abandoned

and despised, with no one passing through,

but I will make you ⁹  a permanent source of pride

and joy to coming generations.

[28:19]  ¹ tn Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[28:19]  ² tn The words “it will come through” are supplied in the translation. The verb “will sweep by” does double duty in the parallel structure.

[32:14]  ³ tn Or “noisy” (NAB, NIV, NCV).

[32:14]  ⁴ tn Hebrew עֹפֶל (’ofel), probably refers here to a specific area within the city of Jerusalem. See HALOT 861 s.v. II עֹפֶל.

[32:14]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has בְעַד מְעָרוֹת (vÿ’ad mÿ’arot). The force of בְעַד, which usually means “behind, through, round about,” or “for the benefit of,” is uncertain here. HALOT 616 s.v. *מְעָרָה takes מְעָרוֹת (mÿ’arot) as a homonym of “cave” and define it here as “cleared field.” Despite these lexical problems, the general point of the statement seems clear – the city will be uninhabited.

[32:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “the joy of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks.”

[43:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “No one can oppose what I do.”

[51:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “my vindication”; many English versions “my righteousness”; NRSV, TEV “my deliverance”; CEV “my victory.”

[60:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”