25:1 O Lord, you are my God! 6
I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. 7
For you have done extraordinary things,
and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed. 8
28:22 So now, do not mock,
or your chains will become heavier!
For I have heard a message about decreed destruction,
from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land. 9
46:11 who summons an eagle 10 from the east,
from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.
Yes, I have decreed, 11
yes, I will bring it to pass;
I have formulated a plan,
yes, I will carry it out.
48:5 I announced them to you beforehand;
before they happened, I predicted them for you,
so you could never say,
‘My image did these things,
my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’
1 tn Heb “are like.”
2 sn The twofold appearance of the statement “a remnant will come back” (שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב, she’ar yashuv) in vv. 21-22 echoes and probably plays off the name of Isaiah’s son Shear-jashub (see 7:3). In its original context the name was meant to encourage Ahaz (see the note at 7:3), but here it has taken on new dimensions. In light of Ahaz’s failure and the judgment it brings down on the land, the name Shear-jashub now foreshadows the destiny of the nation. According to vv. 21-22, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that a remnant of God’s people will return; the bad news is that only a remnant will be preserved and come back. Like the name Immanuel, this name foreshadows both judgment (see the notes at 7:25 and 8:8) and ultimate restoration (see the note at 8:10).
3 tn Or “predetermined”; cf. ASV, NASB “is determined”; TEV “is in store.”
4 tn צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) often means “righteousness,” but here it refers to God’s just judgment.
5 tn Or “is about to overflow.”
6 sn The prophet speaks here as one who has observed the coming judgment of the proud.
7 tn Heb “name.” See the note at 24:15.
8 tn Heb “plans from long ago [in] faithfulness, trustworthiness.” The feminine noun אֱמוּנָה (’emunah, “faithfulness”) and masculine noun אֹמֶן (’omen, “trustworthiness”), both of which are derived from the root אָמַן (’aman), are juxtaposed to emphasize the basic idea conveyed by the synonyms. Here they describe the absolute reliability of the divine plans.
9 tn Or “the whole earth” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NCV).
10 tn Or, more generally, “a bird of prey” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV; see 18:6).
11 tn Heb “spoken”; KJV “I have spoken it.”