Yesaya 8:21

8:21 They will pass through the land ¹  destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, ²  and they will curse their king and their God ³  as they look upward.

Yesaya 28:19

28:19 Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you;

indeed, ⁴  every morning it will sweep by,

it will come through during the day and the night.” ⁵ 

When this announcement is understood,

it will cause nothing but terror.

Yesaya 34:10

34:10 Night and day it will burn; ⁶ 

its smoke will ascend continually.

Generation after generation it will be a wasteland

and no one will ever pass through it again.

Yesaya 38:15

38:15 What can I say?

He has decreed and acted. ⁷ 

I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. ⁸ 

Yesaya 40:10

40:10 Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; ⁹ 

his military power establishes his rule. ¹⁰ 

Look, his reward is with him;

his prize goes before him. ¹¹ 

Yesaya 60:15

60:15 You were once abandoned

and despised, with no one passing through,

but I will make you ¹²  a permanent source of pride

and joy to coming generations.

[8:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he will pass through it.” The subject of the collective singular verb is the nation. (See the preceding note.) The immediately preceding context supplies no antecedent for “it” (a third feminine singular suffix in the Hebrew text); the suffix may refer to the land, which would be a reasonable referent with a verb of motion. Note also that אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”) does appear at the beginning of the next verse.

[8:21]  ² tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[8:21]  ³ tn Or “gods” (NAB, NRSV, CEV).

[28:19]  ⁴ tn Or “for” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[28:19]  ⁵ tn The words “it will come through” are supplied in the translation. The verb “will sweep by” does double duty in the parallel structure.

[34:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “it will not be extinguished.”

[38:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he has spoken and he has acted.”

[38:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “because of the bitterness of my soul.”

[40:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “comes as a strong one”; ASV “will come as a mighty one.” The preposition בְּ (bet) here carries the nuance “in the capacity of.” It indicates that the Lord possesses the quality expressed by the noun. See GKC 379 §119.i and HALOT 104 s.v. בְּ.

[40:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his arm rules for him” (so NIV, NRSV). The Lord’s “arm” symbolizes his military power (see Isa 51:9-10; 63:5).

[40:10]  ¹¹ tn As the Lord returns to Jerusalem as a victorious warrior, he brings with him the spoils of victory, called here his “reward” and “prize.” These terms might also be translated “wages” and “recompense.” Verse 11 indicates that his rescued people, likened to a flock of sheep, are his reward.

[60:15]  ¹² tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”