Yesaya 3:11

3:11 Too bad for the wicked sinners!

For they will get exactly what they deserve. ¹ 

Yesaya 18:1

The Lord Will Judge a Distant Land in the South

18:1 The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, ² 

the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Yesaya 23:5

23:5 When the news reaches Egypt,

they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre. ³ 

Yesaya 37:18

37:18 It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations ⁴  and their lands.

Yesaya 40:19

40:19 A craftsman casts ⁵  an idol;

a metalsmith overlays it with gold

and forges silver chains for it.

Yesaya 40:23

40:23 He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing;

he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.

Yesaya 40:25

40:25 “To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?”

says the Holy One. ⁶ 

Yesaya 41:24

41:24 Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent;

the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting. ⁷ 

Yesaya 45:10

45:10 Danger awaits one who says ⁸  to his father,

“What in the world ⁹  are you fathering?”

and to his mother,

“What in the world are you bringing forth?” ¹⁰ 

Yesaya 51:21

51:21 So listen to this, oppressed one,

who is drunk, but not from wine!

Yesaya 56:9

The Lord Denounces Israel’s Paganism

56:9 All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour,

all you wild animals in the forest!

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “for the work of his hands will be done to him.”

[18:1]  ² tn Heb “Woe [to] the land of buzzing wings.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.

[18:1]  sn The significance of the qualifying phrase “buzzing wings” is uncertain. Some suggest that the designation points to Cush as a land with many insects. Another possibility is that it refers to the swiftness with which this land’s messengers travel (v. 2a); they move over the sea as swiftly as an insect flies through the air. For a discussion of the options, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:359-60.

[23:5]  ³ tn Heb “they will be in pain at the report of Tyre.”

[37:18]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text here has “all the lands,” but the parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:17 has “the nations.”

[40:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “pours out”; KJV “melteth.”

[40:25]  ⁶ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[41:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “an object of disgust [is he who] chooses you.”

[45:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “Woe [to] one who says” (NASB and NIV both similar); NCV “How terrible it will be.”

[45:10]  ⁹ tn See the note at v. 9. This phrase occurs a second time later in this verse.

[45:10]  ¹⁰ sn Verses 9-10 may allude to the exiles’ criticism that the Lord does not appear to know what he is doing.