Isaiah 37:32

37:32 “For a remnant will leave Jerusalem;

survivors will come out of Mount Zion.

The intense devotion of the Lord who commands armies ¹  will accomplish this.

Isaiah 38:3

38:3 “Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you ²  faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, ³  and how I have carried out your will.” ⁴  Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. ⁵ 

Isaiah 54:8

54:8 In a burst ⁶  of anger I rejected you ⁷  momentarily,

but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,”

says your protector, ⁸  the Lord.

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¹ tn Heb “the zeal of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” In this context the Lord’s “zeal” refers to his intense devotion to and love for his people which prompts him to protect and restore them.

² tn Heb “walked before you.” For a helpful discussion of the background and meaning of this Hebrew idiom, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 254.

³ tn Heb “and with a complete heart”; KJV, ASV “with a perfect heart.”

⁴ tn Heb “and that which is good in your eyes I have done.”

⁵ tn Heb “wept with great weeping”; NCV “cried loudly”; TEV “began to cry bitterly.”

⁶ tn According to BDB 1009 s.v. שֶׁטֶף the noun שֶׁצֶף here is an alternate form of שֶׁטֶף (shetef, “flood”). Some relate the word to an alleged Akkadian cognate meaning “strength.”

⁷ tn Heb “I hid my face from you.”

⁸ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.