24:20 The earth will stagger around 1 like a drunk;
it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. 2
Its sin will weigh it down,
and it will fall and never get up again.
25:2 Indeed, 3 you have made the city 4 into a heap of rubble,
the fortified town into a heap of ruins;
the fortress of foreigners 5 is no longer a city,
it will never be rebuilt.
33:20 Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals!
You 6 will see Jerusalem, 7
a peaceful settlement,
a tent that stays put; 8
its stakes will never be pulled up;
none of its ropes will snap in two.
43:17 the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, 9
together with a mighty army.
They fell down, 10 never to rise again;
they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick:
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.’
62:8 The Lord swears an oath by his right hand,
by his strong arm: 11
“I will never again give your grain
to your enemies as food,
and foreigners will not drink your wine,
which you worked hard to produce.
1 tn Heb “staggering, staggers.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb for emphasis and sound play.
2 tn The words “in a windstorm” are supplied in the translation to clarify the metaphor.
3 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
4 tn The Hebrew text has “you have made from the city.” The prefixed mem (מ) on עִיר (’ir, “city”) was probably originally an enclitic mem suffixed to the preceding verb. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:456, n. 3.
5 tc Some with support from the LXX emend זָרִים (zarim, “foreigners”) to זֵדִים (zedim, “the insolent”).
6 tn Heb “your eyes” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
7 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
8 tn Or “that does not travel”; NASB “which shall not be folded.”
9 tn Heb “led out chariots and horses.” The words “to destruction” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The verse refers to the destruction of the Egyptians at the Red Sea.
10 tn Heb “lay down”; NAB “lie prostrate together”; CEV “lie dead”; NRSV “they lie down.”
11 tn The Lord’s right hand and strong arm here symbolize his power and remind the audience that his might guarantees the fulfillment of the following promise.