Yesaya 8:15

8:15 Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, ¹ 

and will fall and be seriously injured,

and will be ensnared and captured.”

Yesaya 23:3

23:3 the deep waters! ² 

Grain from the Shihor region, ³ 

crops grown near the Nile ⁴  she receives; ⁵ 

she is the trade center ⁶  of the nations.

Yesaya 28:24

28:24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? ⁷ 

Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

[8:15]  ¹ tn Heb “over them” (so NASB); NCV “over this rock.”

[23:3]  ² tc The Hebrew text (23:2b-3a) reads literally, “merchant of Sidon, the one who crosses the sea, they filled you, and on the deep waters.” Instead of מִלְאוּךְ (mil’ukh, “they filled you”) the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a reads מלאכיך (“your messengers”). The translation assumes an emendation of מִלְאוּךְ to מַלְאָכָו (mal’akhav, “his messengers”), taking the vav (ו) on וּבְמַיִם (uvÿmayim) as improperly placed; instead it should be the final letter of the preceding word.

[23:3]  ³ tn Heb “seed of Shihor.” “Shihor” probably refers to the east branch of the Nile. See Jer 2:18 and BDB 1009 s.v. שִׁיחוֹר.

[23:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the harvest of the Nile.”

[23:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “[is] her revenue.”

[23:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “merchandise”; KJV, ASV “a mart of nations”; NLT “the merchandise mart of the world.”

[28:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “All the day does the plowman plow in order to plant?” The phrase “all the day” here has the sense of “continually, always.” See BDB 400 s.v. יוֹם.