Yesaya 29:14

29:14 Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people –

an absolutely extraordinary deed. ¹ 

Wise men will have nothing to say,

the sages will have no explanations.” ² 

Yesaya 38:15

38:15 What can I say?

He has decreed and acted. ³ 

I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. ⁴ 

Yesaya 46:4

46:4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you, ⁵ 

even when you have gray hair, I will carry you.

I made you and I will support you;

I will carry you and rescue you. ⁶ 

[29:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Therefore I will again do something amazing with these people, an amazing deed, an amazing thing.” This probably refers to the amazing transformation predicted in vv. 17-24, which will follow the purifying judgment implied in vv. 15-16.

[29:14]  ² tn Heb “the wisdom of their wise ones will perish, the discernment of their discerning ones will keep hidden.”

[38:15]  ³ tn Heb “and he has spoken and he has acted.”

[38:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “because of the bitterness of my soul.”

[46:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “until old age, I am he” (NRSV similar); NLT “I will be your God throughout your lifetime.”

[46:4]  ⁶ sn Unlike the weary idol gods, whose images must be carried by animals, the Lord carries his weary people.