Yesaya 4:2

The Branch of the Lord

4:2 At that time ¹ 

the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; ² 

the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight

to those who remain in Israel. ³ 

Yesaya 10:20

10:20 At that time ⁴  those left in Israel, those who remain of the family ⁵  of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. ⁶  Instead they will truly ⁷  rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. ⁸ 

Yesaya 15:9

15:9 Indeed, the waters of Dimon ⁹  are full of blood!

Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. ¹⁰ 

A lion will attack ¹¹  the Moabite fugitives

and the people left in the land.

Yesaya 58:7

58:7 I want you ¹²  to share your food with the hungry

and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. ¹³ 

When you see someone naked, clothe him!

Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! ¹⁴ 

[4:2]  ¹ tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

[4:2]  ² tn Heb “and the vegetation of the Lord will become beauty and honor.” Many English versions understand the phrase צֶמַח יְהוָה (tsemakh yÿhvah) as a messianic reference and render it, “the Branch of the Lord” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT, and others). Though צֶמַח (tsemakh) is used by later prophets of a royal descendant (Jer 23;5; 33:15; Zech 3:8; 6:12), those passages contain clear contextual indicators that a human ruler is in view and that the word is being used in a metaphorical way of offspring. However, in Isa 4:2 there are no such contextual indicators. To the contrary, in the parallel structure of the verse צֶמַח יְהוָה corresponds to “produce of the land,” a phrase that refers elsewhere exclusively to literal agricultural produce (see Num 13:20, 26; Deut 1:25). In the majority of its uses צֶמַח refers to literal crops or vegetation (in Ps 65:10 the Lord is the source of this vegetation). A reference to the Lord restoring crops would make excellent sense in Isa 4 and the prophets frequently included this theme in their visions of the future age (see Isa 30:23-24; 32:20; Jer 31:12; Ezek 34:26-29; and Amos 9:13-14).

[4:2]  ³ tn Heb “and the fruit of the land will become pride and beauty for the remnant of Israel.”

[10:20]  ⁴ tn Or “in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[10:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “house” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[10:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “on one who strikes him down.” This individual is the king (“foreign leader”) of the oppressing nation (which NLT specifies as “the Assyrians”).

[10:20]  ⁷ tn Or “sincerely”; KJV, ASV, NAB, NRSV “in truth.”

[10:20]  ⁸ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[15:9]  ⁹ tc The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads “Dibon” instead of “Dimon” in this verse.

[15:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Indeed I will place on Dimon added things.” Apparently the Lord is speaking.

[15:9]  ¹¹ tn The words “will attack” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[58:7]  ¹² tn Heb “Is it not?” The rhetorical question here expects a positive answer, “It is!”

[58:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “and afflicted [ones], homeless [ones] you should bring [into] a house.” On the meaning of מְרוּדִים (mÿrudim, “homeless”) see HALOT 633 s.v. *מָרוּד.

[58:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and from your flesh do not hide yourself.”