Isaiah 30:21

30:21 You ¹  will hear a word spoken behind you, saying,

“This is the correct ²  way, walk in it,”

whether you are heading to the right or the left.

Isaiah 37:17

37:17 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! ³ 

Isaiah 48:7-8

48:7 Now they come into being, ⁴  not in the past;

before today you did not hear about them,

so you could not say,

‘Yes, ⁵  I know about them.’

48:8 You did not hear,

you do not know,

you were not told beforehand. ⁶ 

For I know that you are very deceitful; ⁷ 

you were labeled ⁸  a rebel from birth.

Isaiah 59:1

Injustice Brings Alienation from God

59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak ⁹  to deliver you;

his ear is not too deaf to hear you. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “your ears” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

² tn The word “correct’ is supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tn Heb “Hear all the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”

⁴ tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”

⁵ tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”

⁶ tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”

⁷ tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

⁸ tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

⁹ tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

¹⁰ tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”