Isaiah 7:3

7:3 So the Lord told Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub ¹  and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ² 

Isaiah 55:5

55:5 Look, you will summon nations ³  you did not previously know;

nations ⁴  that did not previously know you will run to you,

because of the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ⁵ 

for he bestows honor on you.

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¹ tn The name means “a remnant will return.” Perhaps in this context, where the Lord is trying to encourage Ahaz, the name suggests that only a few of the enemy invaders will return home; the rest will be defeated.

² tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “the Washerman’s Field.”

³ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).

⁴ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.

⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.