Discovery BoxIsaiah 1:3 
Context1:3 An ox recognizes its owner,
a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; 1
but Israel does not recognize me, 2
my people do not understand.”
Isaiah 8:13
Context8:13 You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. 3
He is the one you must respect;
he is the one you must fear. 4
Isaiah 44:9
Context44:9 All who form idols are nothing;
the things in which they delight are worthless.
Their witnesses cannot see;
they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
Isaiah 45:5-6
Context45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, 5
there is no God but me.
I arm you for battle, 6 even though you do not recognize 7 me.
45:6 I do this 8 so people 9 will recognize from east to west
that there is no God but me;
I am the Lord, I have no peer.
Isaiah 61:9
Context61:9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,
their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize that
the Lord has blessed them.” 10
1 tn Heb “and the donkey the feeding trough of its owner.” The verb in the first line does double duty in the parallelism.
2 tn Although both verbs have no object, the parallelism suggests that Israel fails to recognize the Lord as the one who provides for their needs. In both clauses, the placement of “Israel” and “my people” at the head of the clause focuses the reader’s attention on the rebellious nation (C. van der Merwe, J. Naudé, J. Kroeze, A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar, 346-47).
3 tn Heb “the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], him you must set apart.” The word order is emphatic, with the object being placed first.
4 tn Heb “he is your [object of] fear, he is your [object of] terror.” The roots יָרֵא (yare’) and עָרַץ (’arats) are repeated from v. 12b.
5 tn Heb “and there is none besides.” On the use of עוֹד (’od) here, see BDB 729 s.v. 1.c.
6 tn Heb “gird you” (so NASB) or “strengthen you” (so NIV).
7 tn Or “know” (NAB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT); NIV “have not acknowledged.”
8 tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
9 tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”
10 tn Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”
