28:18 Your treaty with death will be dissolved; 1
your agreement 2 with Sheol will not last. 3
When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, 4
you will be overrun by it. 5
55:9 for just as the sky 6 is higher than the earth,
so my deeds 7 are superior to 8 your deeds
and my plans 9 superior to your plans.
1 tn On the meaning of כָּפַר (kafar) in this context, see HALOT 494 s.v. I כפר and J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:515, n. 9.
2 tn Normally the noun חָזוּת (khazut) means “vision.” See the note at v. 15.
3 tn Or “will not stand” (NIV, NRSV).
4 tn See the note at v. 15.
5 tn Heb “you will become a trampling place for it.”
6 tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
7 tn Heb “ways” (so many English versions).
8 tn Heb “are higher than.”
9 tn Or “thoughts” (so many English versions).