Discovery BoxIsaiah 10:4 
Context10:4 You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners,
or to fall among those who have been killed. 1
Despite all this, his anger does not subside,
and his hand is ready to strike again. 2
Isaiah 10:22
Context10:22 For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as 3 the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. 4 Destruction has been decreed; 5 just punishment 6 is about to engulf you. 7
Isaiah 14:11
Context14:11 Your splendor 8 has been brought down to Sheol,
as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. 9
You lie on a bed of maggots,
with a blanket of worms over you. 10
Isaiah 14:29
Context14:29 Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines,
just because the club that beat you has been broken! 11
For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root,
and its fruit will be a darting adder. 12
Isaiah 30:33
Context30:33 For 13 the burial place is already prepared; 14
it has been made deep and wide for the king. 15
The firewood is piled high on it. 16
The Lord’s breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone,
will ignite it.
Isaiah 39:1
Context39:1 At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered.
Isaiah 40:21
Context40:21 Do you not know?
Do you not hear?
Has it not been told to you since the very beginning?
Have you not understood from the time the earth’s foundations were made?
Isaiah 52:5
Context52:5 And now, what do we have here?” 17 says the Lord.
“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,
those who rule over them taunt,” 18 says the Lord,
“and my name is constantly slandered 19 all day long.
Isaiah 57:11
Context57:11 Whom are you worried about?
Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully
and not remember me
or think about me? 20
Because I have been silent for so long, 21
you are not afraid of me. 22
Isaiah 63:16
Context63:16 For you are our father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our father;
you have been called our protector from ancient times. 23
1 tn Heb “except one kneels in the place of the prisoner, and in the place of the slain [who] fall.” On the force of בִּלְתִּי (bilti, “except”) and its logical connection to what precedes, see BDB 116 s.v. בֵלֶת. On the force of תַּחַת (takhat, “in the place of”) here, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:258, n. 6.
2 tn Heb “in all this his anger was not turned, and still his hand was outstretched”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “his had is stretched out still.”
sn See the note at 9:12.
3 tn Heb “are like.”
4 sn The twofold appearance of the statement “a remnant will come back” (שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב, she’ar yashuv) in vv. 21-22 echoes and probably plays off the name of Isaiah’s son Shear-jashub (see 7:3). In its original context the name was meant to encourage Ahaz (see the note at 7:3), but here it has taken on new dimensions. In light of Ahaz’s failure and the judgment it brings down on the land, the name Shear-jashub now foreshadows the destiny of the nation. According to vv. 21-22, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that a remnant of God’s people will return; the bad news is that only a remnant will be preserved and come back. Like the name Immanuel, this name foreshadows both judgment (see the notes at 7:25 and 8:8) and ultimate restoration (see the note at 8:10).
5 tn Or “predetermined”; cf. ASV, NASB “is determined”; TEV “is in store.”
6 tn צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) often means “righteousness,” but here it refers to God’s just judgment.
7 tn Or “is about to overflow.”
8 tn Or “pride” (NCV, CEV); KJV, NIV, NRSV “pomp.”
9 tn Or “harps” (NAB, NIV, NRSV).
10 tn Heb “under you maggots are spread out, and worms are your cover.”
11 sn The identity of this “club” (also referred to as a “serpent” in the next line) is uncertain. It may refer to an Assyrian king, or to Ahaz. For discussion see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:331-32. The viper/adder referred to in the second half of the verse is his successor.
12 tn Heb “flying burning one.” The designation “burning one” may allude to the serpent’s appearance or the effect of its poisonous bite. (See the note at 6:2.) The qualifier “flying” probably refers to the serpent’s quick, darting movements, though one might propose a homonym here, meaning “biting.” (See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 1:332, n. 18.) Some might think in terms of a mythological flying, fire breathing dragon (cf. NAB “a flying saraph”; CEV “a flying fiery dragon”), but this proposal does not make good sense in 30:6, where the phrase “flying burning one” appears again in a list of desert animals.
13 tn Or “indeed.”
14 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “for arranged from before [or “yesterday”] is [?].” The meaning of תָּפְתֶּה (tafÿteh), which occurs only here, is unknown. The translation above (as with most English versions) assumes an emendation to תֹּפֶת (tofet, “Topheth”; cf. NASB, NIV, NLT) and places the final hey (ה) on the beginning of the next word as an interrogative particle. Topheth was a place near Jerusalem used as a burial ground (see Jer 7:32; 19:11).
15 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “Also it is made ready for the king, one makes it deep and wide.” If one takes the final hey (ה) on תָּפְתֶּה (tafÿteh) and prefixes it to גָּם (gam) as an interrogative particle (see the preceding note), one can translate, “Is it also made ready for the king?” In this case the question is rhetorical and expects an emphatic affirmative answer, “Of course it is!”
16 tn Heb “its pile of wood, fire and wood one makes abundant.”
sn Apparently this alludes to some type of funeral rite.
17 tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”
18 tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָּלוֹ (yÿhollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”
19 tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (na’ats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.
20 tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”
21 tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”
22 sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.
23 tn Heb “our protector [or “redeemer”] from antiquity [is] your name.”
