Isaiah 6:8

6:8 I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, “Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?” 1  I answered, “Here I am, send me!”

Isaiah 42:14

42:14 “I have been inactive 2  for a long time;

I kept quiet and held back.

Like a woman in labor I groan;

I pant and gasp. 3 

Isaiah 46:9

46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! 4 

Truly I am God, I have no peer; 5 

I am God, and there is none like me,

Isaiah 50:7

50:7 But the sovereign Lord helps me,

so I am not humiliated.

For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; 6 

I know I will not be put to shame.

1 tn Heb “for us.” The plural pronoun refers to the Lord, the seraphs, and the rest of the heavenly assembly.

2 tn Heb “silent” (so NASB, NIV, TEV, NLT); CEV “have held my temper.”

3 sn The imagery depicts the Lord as a warrior who is eager to fight and can no longer hold himself back from the attack.

4 tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”

5 tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

6 tn Heb “Therefore I set my face like flint.”