Discovery BoxIsaiah 11:15 
Context11:15 The Lord will divide 1 the gulf 2 of the Egyptian Sea; 3
he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River 4 and send a strong wind, 5
he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, 6
and enable them to walk across in their sandals.
Isaiah 14:23
Context14:23 “I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals 7
and covered with pools of stagnant water.
I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom,” 8
says the Lord who commands armies.
Isaiah 22:25
Context22:25 “At that time,” 9 says the Lord who commands armies, “the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” 10 Indeed, 11 the Lord has spoken.
Isaiah 24:18
Context24:18 The one who runs away from the sound of the terror
will fall into the pit; 12
the one who climbs out of the pit,
will be trapped by the snare.
For the floodgates of the heavens 13 are opened up 14
and the foundations of the earth shake.
Isaiah 38:12
Context38:12 My dwelling place 15 is removed and taken away 16 from me
like a shepherd’s tent.
I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; 17
from the loom he cuts me off. 18
You turn day into night and end my life. 19
Isaiah 42:16
Context42:16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; 20
I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. 21
I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,
and level out the rough ground. 22
This is what I will do for them.
I will not abandon them.
Isaiah 50:2
Context50:2 Why does no one challenge me when I come?
Why does no one respond when I call? 23
Is my hand too weak 24 to deliver 25 you?
Do I lack the power to rescue you?
Look, with a mere shout 26 I can dry up the sea;
I can turn streams into a desert,
so the fish rot away and die
from lack of water. 27
Isaiah 66:8
Context66:8 Who has ever heard of such a thing?
Who has ever seen this?
Can a country 28 be brought forth in one day?
Can a nation be born in a single moment?
Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!
Isaiah 66:12
Context66:12 For this is what the Lord says:
“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river,
the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. 29
You will nurse from her breast 30 and be carried at her side;
you will play on her knees.
1 tn The verb is usually understood as “put under the ban, destroy,” or emended to חָרָב (kharav, “dry up”). However, HALOT 354 s.v. II חרם proposes a homonymic root meaning “divide.”
2 tn Heb “tongue” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
3 sn That is, the Red Sea.
4 tn Heb “the river”; capitalized in some English versions (e.g., ASV, NASB, NRSV) as a reference to the Euphrates River.
5 tn Heb “with the [?] of his wind” [or “breath”]. The Hebrew term עַיָם (’ayam) occurs only here. Some attempt to relate the word to an Arabic root and translate, “scorching [or “hot”] wind.” This interpretation fits especially well if one reads “dry up” in the previous line. Others prefer to emend the form to עֹצֶם (’otsem, “strong”). See HALOT 817 s.v. עֲצַם.
6 tn Heb “seven streams.” The Hebrew term נַחַל (nakhal, “stream”) refers to a wadi, or seasonal stream, which runs during the rainy season, but is otherwise dry. The context (see v. 15b) here favors the translation, “dried up streams.” The number seven suggests totality and completeness. Here it indicates that God’s provision for escape will be thorough and more than capable of accommodating the returning exiles.
7 tn Heb “I will make her into a possession of wild animals.” It is uncertain what type of animal קִפֹּד (qippod) refers to. Some suggest a rodent (cf. NASB, NRSV “hedgehog”), others an owl (cf, NAB, NIV, TEV).
8 tn Heb “I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction.”
9 tn Or “In that day” (KJV).
10 sn Eliakim’s authority, though seemingly secure, will eventually be removed, and with it his family’s prominence.
11 tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
12 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
13 tn Heb “from the height”; KJV “from on high.”
14 sn The language reflects the account of the Noahic Flood (see Gen 7:11).
15 tn According to HALOT 217 s.v. דּוֹר this noun is a hapax legomenon meaning “dwelling place,” derived from a verbal root meaning “live” (see Ps 84:10). For an interpretation that understands the form as the well-attested noun meaning “generation,” see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:679, n. 4.
16 tn The verb form appears to be a Niphal from גָּלָה (galah), which normally means “uncovered, revealed” in the Niphal. Because of the following reference to a shepherd’s tent, some prefer to emend the form to וְנָגַל, a Niphal from גָלָל (galal, “roll”) and translate “is rolled [or “folded”] up.”
17 tn Heb “I rolled up, like a weaver, my life” (so ASV).
18 sn For a discussion of the imagery employed here, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:684.
19 tn Heb “from day to night you bring me to an end.”
20 tn Heb “a way they do not know” (so NASB); NRSV “a road they do not know.”
21 tn Heb “in paths they do not know I will make them walk.”
22 tn Heb “and the rough ground into a level place.”
23 sn The present tense translation of the verbs assumes that the Lord is questioning why Israel does not attempt to counter his arguments. Another possibility is to take the verbs as referring to past events: “Why did no one meet me when I came? Why did no one answer when I called?” In this case the Lord might be asking why Israel rejected his calls to repent and his offer to deliver them.
24 tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV).
25 tn Or “ransom” (NAB, NASB, NIV).
26 tn Heb “with my rebuke.”
27 tn Heb “the fish stink from lack of water and die from thirst.”
28 tn Heb “land,” but here אֶרֶץ (’erets) stands metonymically for an organized nation (see the following line).
29 tn Heb “Look, I am ready to extend to her like a river prosperity [or “peace”], and like an overflowing stream, the riches of nations.”
30 tn The words “from her breast” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 11).
