Isaiah 14:2

14:2 Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land. 1  They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

Isaiah 44:26

44:26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants 2 

and brings to pass the announcements 3  of his messengers,

who says about Jerusalem, 4  ‘She will be inhabited,’

and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,

her ruins I will raise up,’

Isaiah 56:6

56:6 As for foreigners who become followers of 5  the Lord and serve him,

who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants –

all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,

and who are faithful to 6  my covenant –

Isaiah 65:8

65:8 This is what the Lord says:

“When 7  juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,

someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ 8 

So I will do for the sake of my servants –

I will not destroy everyone. 9 

1 tn Heb “and the house of Jacob will take possession of them [i.e., the nations], on the land of the Lord, as male servants and female servants.”

2 tn Heb “the word of his servant.” The following context indicates that the Lord’s prophets are in view.

3 tn Heb “counsel.” The Hebrew term עֵצָה (’etsah) probably refers here to the divine plan as announced by the prophets. See HALOT 867 s.v. I עֵצָה.

4 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

5 tn Heb “who attach themselves to.”

6 tn Heb “and take hold of”; NAB “hold to”; NIV, NRSV “hold fast.”

7 tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”

8 tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”

9 tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”