Yesaya 63:5

63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;

I was shocked because there was no one offering support. ¹ 

So my right arm accomplished deliverance;

my raging anger drove me on. ² 

Yesaya 66:4

66:4 So I will choose severe punishment ³  for them;

I will bring on them what they dread,

because I called, and no one responded,

I spoke and they did not listen.

They did evil before me; ⁴ 

they chose to do what displeases me.”

[63:5]  ¹ sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.

[63:5]  ² tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”

[66:4]  ³ tn The precise meaning of the noun is uncertain. It occurs only here and in 3:4 (but see the note there). It appears to be derived from the verbal root עָלַל (’alal), which can carry the nuance “deal severely.”

[66:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “that which is evil in my eyes.”