Yesaya 5:12
Konteks5:12 They have stringed instruments, 1 tambourines, flutes,
and wine at their parties.
So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing,
they do not perceive what he is bringing about. 2
Yesaya 22:24
Konteks22:24 His father’s family will gain increasing prominence because of him, 3 including the offspring and the offshoots. 4 All the small containers, including the bowls and all the jars will hang from this peg.’ 5
Yesaya 30:14
Konteks30:14 It shatters in pieces like a clay jar,
so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. 6
Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough 7
to scoop a hot coal from a fire 8
or to skim off water from a cistern.” 9
[5:12] 1 tn Two types of stringed instruments are specifically mentioned in the Hebrew text, the כִּנּוֹר (kinnor, “zither”) and נֶבֶל (nevel, “harp”).
[5:12] 2 tn Heb “the work of the Lord they do not look at, and the work of his hands they do not see.” God’s “work” can sometimes be his creative deeds, but in this context it is the judgment that he is planning to bring upon his people (cf. vv. 19, 26; 10:12; 28:21).
[22:24] 3 tn Heb “and all the glory of the house of his father they will hang on him.” The Lord returns to the peg metaphor of v. 23a. Eliakim’s secure position of honor will bring benefits and jobs to many others in the family.
[22:24] 4 tn The precise meaning and derivation of this word are uncertain. Cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV “the issue”; CEV “relatives.”
[22:24] 5 tn Heb “all the small vessels, from the vessels that are bowls to all the vessels that are jars.” The picture is that of a single peg holding the weight of all kinds of containers hung from it.
[30:14] 6 tn Heb “Its shattering is like the shattering of a jug of [i.e., “made by”] potters, [so] shattered one cannot save [any of it].”
[30:14] 7 tn The words “large enough” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[30:14] 8 tn Heb “to remove fire from the place of kindling.”
[30:14] 9 tn On the meaning of גֶבֶא (geveh, “cistern”) see HALOT 170 s.v.
