Discovery BoxIsaiah 1:6 
Context1:6 From the soles of your feet to your head,
there is no spot that is unharmed. 1
There are only bruises, cuts,
and open wounds.
They have not been cleansed 2 or bandaged,
nor have they been treated 3 with olive oil. 4
Isaiah 11:16
Context11:16 There will be a highway leading out of Assyria
for the remnant of his people, 5
just as there was for Israel,
when 6 they went up from the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 13:4
Context13:4 7 There is a loud noise on the mountains –
it sounds like a large army! 8
There is great commotion among the kingdoms 9 –
nations are being assembled!
The Lord who commands armies is mustering
forces for battle.
Isaiah 22:18
Context22:18 He will wind you up tightly into a ball
and throw you into a wide, open land. 10
There you will die,
and there with you will be your impressive chariots, 11
which bring disgrace to the house of your master. 12
Isaiah 27:10
Context27:10 For the fortified city 13 is left alone;
it is a deserted settlement
and abandoned like the desert.
Calves 14 graze there;
they lie down there
and eat its branches bare. 15
Isaiah 44:8
Context44:8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! 16
Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it?
You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me?
There is no other sheltering rock; 17 I know of none.
Isaiah 51:18
Context51:18 There was no one to lead her
among all the children she bore;
there was no one to take her by the hand
among all the children she raised.
Isaiah 63:5
Context63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was shocked because there was no one offering support. 18
So my right arm accomplished deliverance;
my raging anger drove me on. 19
1 tn Heb “there is not in it health”; NAB “there is no sound spot.”
2 tn Heb “pressed out.”
3 tn Heb “softened” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “soothed.”
4 sn This verse describes wounds like those one would receive in battle. These wounds are comprehensive and without remedy.
5 tn Heb “and there will be a highway for the remnant of his people who remain, from Assyria.”
6 tn Heb “in the day” (so KJV).
7 sn In vv. 4-10 the prophet appears to be speaking, since the Lord is referred to in the third person. However, since the Lord refers to himself in the third person later in this chapter (see v. 13), it is possible that he speaks throughout the chapter.
8 tn Heb “a sound, a roar [is] on the mountains, like many people.”
9 tn Heb “a sound, tumult of kingdoms.”
10 tn Heb “and he will tightly [or “surely”] wind you [with] winding like a ball, to a land broad of hands [i.e., “sides”].”
11 tn Heb “and there the chariots of your splendor.”
12 sn Apparently the reference to chariots alludes to Shebna’s excessive pride, which in turn brings disgrace to the royal family.
13 sn The identity of this city is uncertain. The context suggests that an Israelite city, perhaps Samaria or Jerusalem, is in view. For discussions of interpretive options see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:496-97, and Paul L. Redditt, “Once Again, the City in Isaiah 24-27,” HAR 10 (1986), 332.
14 tn The singular form in the text is probably collective.
15 tn Heb “and destroy her branches.” The city is the antecedent of the third feminine singular pronominal suffix. Apparently the city is here compared to a tree. See also v. 11.
16 tn BDB 923 s.v. רָהָה derives this verb from an otherwise unattested root, while HALOT 403 s.v. יָרָה defines it as “be stupefied” on the basis of an Arabic cognate. The form is likely a corruption of תיראו, the reading attested in the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa.
17 tn Heb “rock” or “rocky cliff,” a title that depicts God as a protective refuge in his role as sovereign king; thus the translation “sheltering rock.”
18 sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.
19 tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”
