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 18:4
Context18:4 For this is what the Lord has told me:
“I will wait 3 and watch from my place,
like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, 4
like a cloud of mist 5 in the heat 6 of harvest.” 7
Isaiah 22:22
Context22:22 I will place the key 8 to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.
Isaiah 26:5
Context26:5 Indeed, 9 the Lord knocks down those who live in a high place,
he brings down an elevated town;
he brings it down to the ground, 10
he throws it down to the dust.
Isaiah 28:16
Context28:16 Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says:
“Look, I am laying 11 a stone in Zion,
an approved 12 stone,
set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. 13
The one who maintains his faith will not panic. 14
Isaiah 30:33
Context30:33 For 15 the burial place is already prepared; 16
it has been made deep and wide for the king. 17
The firewood is piled high on it. 18
The Lord’s breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone,
will ignite it.
Isaiah 33:16
Context33:16 This is the person who will live in a secure place; 19
he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; 20
he will have food
and a constant supply of water.
Isaiah 43:3
Context43:3 For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 21 your deliverer.
I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,
Ethiopia and Seba 22 in place of you.
Isaiah 45:19
Context45:19 I have not spoken in secret,
in some hidden place. 23
I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,
‘Seek me in vain!’ 24
I am the Lord,
the one who speaks honestly,
who makes reliable announcements. 25
Isaiah 49:20
Context49:20 Yet the children born during your time of bereavement
will say within your hearing,
‘This place is too cramped for us, 26
make room for us so we can live here.’ 27
Isaiah 66:1
Context66:1 This is what the Lord says:
“The heavens are my throne
and the earth is my footstool.
Where then is the house you will build for me?
Where is the place where I will rest?
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 Or “be quiet, inactive”; NIV “will remain quiet.”
4 tn Heb “like the glowing heat because of light.” The precise meaning of the line is uncertain.
5 tn Heb “a cloud of dew,” or “a cloud of light rain.”
6 tc Some medieval Hebrew
7 sn It is unclear how the comparisons in v. 4b relate to the preceding statement. How is waiting and watching similar to heat or a cloud? For a discussion of interpretive options, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:362.
8 sn This may refer to a literal insignia worn by the chief administrator. Even so, it would still symbolize the administrator’s authority to grant or exclude access to the king. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:422.
9 tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).
10 tn The translation assumes that יַשְׁפִּילֶנָּה (yashpilennah) goes with the preceding words “an elevated town,” and that יַשְׁפִּילָהּ (yashpilah) belongs with the following words, “to the ground.” See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:469, n. 7.
11 tc The Hebrew text has a third person verb form, which does not agree with the first person suffix that precedes. The form should be emended to יֹסֵד (yosed), a Qal active participle used in a present progressive or imminent future sense.
12 tn Traditionally “tested,” but the implication is that it has passed the test and stands approved.
13 sn The reality behind the metaphor is not entirely clear from the context. The stone appears to represent someone or something that gives Zion stability. Perhaps the ideal Davidic ruler is in view (see 32:1). Another option is that the image of beginning a building project by laying a precious cornerstone suggests that God is about to transform Zion through judgment and begin a new covenant community that will experience his protection (see 4:3-6; 31:5; 33:20-24; 35:10).
14 tn Heb “will not hurry,” i.e., act in panic.
15 tn Or “indeed.”
16 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).
17 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!”
18 tn Heb “its pile of wood, fire and wood one makes abundant.”
sn Apparently this alludes to some type of funeral rite.
19 tn Heb “he [in the] exalted places will live.”
20 tn Heb “mountain strongholds, cliffs [will be] his elevated place.”
21 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
22 sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.
23 tn Heb “in a place of a land of darkness” (ASV similar); NASB “in some dark land.”
24 tn “In vain” translates תֹהוּ (tohu), used here as an adverbial accusative: “for nothing.”
25 tn The translation above assumes that צֶדֶק (tsedeq) and מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim) are adverbial accusatives (see 33:15). If they are taken as direct objects, indicating the content of what is spoken, one might translate, “who proclaims deliverance, who announces justice.”
26 tn Heb “me.” The singular is collective.
27 tn Heb “draw near to me so I can dwell.”
