Yesaya 37:16

37:16 “O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! ¹  You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky ²  and the earth.

Yesaya 58:4

58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by ³  arguments, brawls,

and fistfights. ⁴ 

Do not fast as you do today,

trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

Yesaya 59:2

59:2 But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God;

your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers. ⁵ 

Yesaya 62:6

62:6 I ⁶  post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;

they should keep praying all day and all night. ⁷ 

You who pray to ⁸  the Lord, don’t be silent!

[37:16]  ¹ sn Cherubim (singular “cherub”) refers to the images of winged angelic creatures that were above the ark of the covenant.

[37:16]  ² tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[58:4]  ³ tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”

[58:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”

[59:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your sins have caused [his] face to be hidden from you so as not to hear.”

[62:6]  ⁶ sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.

[62:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.

[62:6]  ⁸ tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”