Yesaya 41:1
Konteks41:1 “Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! 1
Let the nations find renewed strength!
Let them approach and then speak;
let us come together for debate! 2
Yesaya 41:22
Konteks41:22 “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen!
Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, 3
so we may examine them 4 and see how they were fulfilled. 5
Or decree for us some future events!
Yesaya 50:8
Konteks50:8 The one who vindicates me is close by.
Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! 6
[41:1] 1 tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV, CEV); TEV “distant lands”; NLT “lands beyond the sea.”
[41:1] 2 tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) could be translated “judgment,” but here it seems to refer to the dispute or debate between the Lord and the nations.
[41:22] 3 tn Heb “As for the former things, tell us what they are!”
[41:22] 4 tn Heb “so we might set [them to] our heart.”
[41:22] 5 tn Heb “and might know their outcome.”
[50:8] 6 tn Heb “Let us stand together!”
[50:8] 7 tn Heb “Who is the master of my judgment?”
[50:8] 8 tn Heb “let him approach me”; NAB, NIV “Let him confront me.”