Yesaya 34:1

The Lord Will Judge Edom

34:1 Come near, you nations, and listen!

Pay attention, you people!

The earth and everything it contains must listen,

the world and everything that lives in it. ¹ 

Yesaya 45:8

45:8 O sky, rain down from above!

Let the clouds send down showers ²  of deliverance!

Let the earth absorb it ³  so salvation may grow, ⁴ 

and deliverance may sprout up ⁵  along with it.

I, the Lord, create it. ⁶ 

Yesaya 62:1

The Lord Takes Delight in Zion

62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;

for the sake of Jerusalem ⁷  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ⁸ 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

[34:1]  ¹ tn Heb “the world and its offspring”; NASB “the world and all that springs from it.”

[45:8]  ² tn Heb “let the clouds drip with”; KJV “let the skies pour down.”

[45:8]  ³ tn Heb “open up” (so NASB); NIV, NLT “open wide.”

[45:8]  ⁴ tc The plural verb should be emended to a singular form. The vav (ו) ending is probably virtually dittographic (note the yod at the beginning of the following word).

[45:8]  ⁵ tc The Hiphil verb form (תַצְמִיחַ, tatsmiakh) should probably be emended to a Qal (תִצְמַח, titsmakh). The יח sequence at the end of the form is probably due to dittography (note the following יַחַד, yakhad).

[45:8]  ⁶ tn The masculine singular pronominal suffix probably refers back to יָשַׁע (yasha’, “salvation”).

[62:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”