3:17 So 1 the sovereign master 2 will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women 3 with skin diseases, 4
the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.” 5
10:16 For this reason 9 the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. 10 His majestic glory will go up in smoke. 11
11:3 He will take delight in obeying the Lord. 12
He will not judge by mere appearances, 13
or make decisions on the basis of hearsay. 14
12:4 At that time 15 you will say:
“Praise the Lord!
Ask him for help! 16
Publicize his mighty acts among the nations!
Make it known that he is unique! 17
16:3 “Bring a plan, make a decision! 18
Provide some shade in the middle of the day! 19
Hide the fugitives! Do not betray 20 the one who tries to escape!
28:17 I will make justice the measuring line,
fairness the plumb line;
hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, 21
the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.
34:14 Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; 22
wild goats will bleat to one another. 23
Yes, nocturnal animals 24 will rest there
and make for themselves a nest. 25
34:15 Owls 26 will make nests and lay eggs 27 there;
they will hatch them and protect them. 28
Yes, hawks 29 will gather there,
each with its mate.
45:23 I solemnly make this oath 32 –
what I say is true and reliable: 33
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm; 34
48:20 Leave Babylon!
Flee from the Babylonians!
Announce it with a shout of joy!
Make this known!
Proclaim it throughout the earth! 35
Say, ‘The Lord protects 36 his servant Jacob.
51:4 Pay attention to me, my people!
Listen to me, my people!
For 37 I will issue a decree, 38
I will make my justice a light to the nations. 39
54:2 Make your tent larger,
stretch your tent curtains farther out! 40
Spare no effort,
lengthen your ropes,
and pound your stakes deep. 41
54:12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems, 42
your gates out of beryl, 43
and your outer wall 44 out of beautiful 45 stones.
58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by 46 arguments, brawls,
and fistfights. 47
Do not fast as you do today,
trying to make your voice heard in heaven.
59:6 Their webs cannot be used for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are sinful;
they commit violent crimes. 48
60:15 You were once abandoned
and despised, with no one passing through,
but I will make you 49 a permanent source of pride
and joy to coming generations.
61:8 For I, the Lord, love justice
and hate robbery and sin.
I will repay them because of my faithfulness; 50
I will make a permanent covenant with them.
1 tn In the Hebrew text vv. 16-17 and one long sentence, “Because the daughters of Zion are proud and walk…, the sovereign master will afflict….” In v. 17 the Lord refers to himself in the third person.
2 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in v. 18 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
3 tn Heb “the daughters of Zion.”
4 tn Or “a scab” (KJV, ASV); NIV, NCV, CEV “sores.”
5 tn The precise meaning of this line is unclear because of the presence of the rare word פֹּת (pot). Since the verb in the line means “lay bare, make naked,” some take פֹּת as a reference to the genitals (cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV, CEV). (In 1 Kgs 7:50 a noun פֹּת appears, with the apparent meaning “socket.”) J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:139, n. 2), basing his argument on alleged Akkadian evidence and the parallelism of the verse, takes פֹּת as “forehead.”
6 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.
7 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 tn Or “gods” (NAB, NRSV, CEV).
9 sn The irrational arrogance of the Assyrians (v. 15) will prompt the judgment about to be described.
10 tn Heb “will send leanness against his healthy ones”; NASB, NIV “will send a wasting disease.”
11 tc Heb “and in the place of his glory burning will burn, like the burning of fire.” The highly repetitive text (יֵקַד יְקֹד כִּיקוֹד אֵשׁ, yeqad yiqod kiqod ’esh) may be dittographic; if the second consonantal sequence יקד is omitted, the text would read “and in the place of his glory, it will burn like the burning of fire.”
12 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and his smelling is in the fear of the Lord.” In Amos 5:21 the Hiphil of רוּחַ (ruakh, “smell”) carries the nuance of “smell with delight, get pleasure from.” There the Lord declares that he does not “smell with delight” (i.e., get pleasure from) Israel’s religious assemblies, which probably stand by metonymy for the incense offered during these festivals. In Isa 11:3 there is no sacrificial context to suggest such a use, but it is possible that “the fear of the Lord” is likened to incense. This coming king will get the same kind of delight from obeying (fearing) the Lord, as a deity does in the incense offered by worshipers. Some regard such an explanation as strained in this context, and prefer to omit this line from the text as a virtual dittograph of the preceding statement.
13 tn Heb “by what appears to his eyes”; KJV “after the sight of his eyes”; NIV “by what he sees with his eyes.”
14 tn Heb “by what is heard by his ears”; NRSV “by what his ears hear.”
15 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
16 tn Heb “call in his name,” i.e., “invoke his name.”
17 tn Heb “bring to remembrance that his name is exalted.” The Lord’s “name” stands here for his character and reputation.
18 sn It is unclear who is being addressed in this verse. Perhaps the prophet, playing the role of a panic stricken Moabite refugee, requests the leaders of Judah (the imperatives are plural) to take pity on the fugitives.
19 tn Heb “Make your shade like night in the midst of noonday.” “Shade” here symbolizes shelter, while the heat of noonday represents the intense suffering of the Moabites. By comparing the desired shade to night, the speaker visualizes a huge dark shadow cast by a large tree that would provide relief from the sun’s heat.
20 tn Heb “disclose, uncover.”
21 tn Heb “[the] refuge, [the] lie.” See v. 15.
22 tn Heb “will meet” (so NIV); NLT “will mingle there.”
23 tn Heb “and a goat will call to its neighbor.”
24 tn The precise meaning of לִּילִית (lilit) is unclear, though in this context the word certainly refers to some type of wild animal or bird. The word appears to be related to לַיְלָה (laylah, “night”). Some interpret it as the name of a female night demon, on the basis of an apparent Akkadian cognate used as the name of a demon. Later Jewish legends also identified Lilith as a demon. Cf. NRSV “Lilith.”
25 tn Heb “and will find for themselves a resting place.”
26 tn Hebrew קִפּוֹז (qippoz) occurs only here; the precise meaning of the word is uncertain.
27 tn For this proposed meaning for Hebrew מָלַט (malat), see HALOT 589 s.v. I מלט.
28 tn Heb “and brood [over them] in her shadow.”
29 tn The precise meaning of דַּיָּה (dayyah) is uncertain, though the term appears to refer to some type of bird of prey, perhaps a vulture.
30 tn Heb “the shadow on the steps which [the sun] had gone down, on the steps of Ahaz, with the sun, back ten steps.”
sn These steps probably functioned as a type of sundial. See HALOT 614 s.v. מַעֲלָה and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 256.
31 tn Heb “and the sun returned ten steps on the steps which it had gone down.”
32 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
33 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
34 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”
35 tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).
36 tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.
37 tn Or “certainly.”
38 tn Heb “instruction [or “a law”] will go out from me.”
39 tn Heb “and my justice for a light to the nations I will cause to rest.”
40 tn Heb “the curtains of our dwelling places let them stretch out.”
41 tn Heb “your stakes strengthen.”
42 tn Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
43 tn On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (’eqdakh), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.
44 tn Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”
45 tn Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”
46 tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”
47 tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”
48 tn Heb “their deeds are deeds of sin, and the work of violence [is] in their hands.”
49 tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”
50 tn Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”