Discovery BoxIsaiah 13:8 
Context13:8 They panic –
cramps and pain seize hold of them
like those of a woman who is straining to give birth.
They look at one another in astonishment;
their faces are flushed red. 1
Isaiah 13:10
Context13:10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations
no longer give out their light; 2
the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,
and the moon does not shine. 3
Isaiah 19:11
Context19:11 The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; 4
Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice.
How dare you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the sages,
one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?” 5
Isaiah 45:3-4
Context45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, 6
riches stashed away in secret places,
so you may recognize that I am the Lord,
the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel.
45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob,
Israel, my chosen one,
I call you by name
and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize 7 me.
Isaiah 45:12
Context45:12 I made the earth,
I created the people who live 8 on it.
It was me – my hands 9 stretched out the sky, 10
I give orders to all the heavenly lights. 11
Isaiah 51:8
Context51:8 For a moth will eat away at them like clothes;
a clothes moth will devour them like wool.
But the vindication I provide 12 will be permanent;
the deliverance I give will last.”
Isaiah 55:12
Context55:12 Indeed you will go out with joy;
you will be led along in peace;
the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you,
and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.
Isaiah 57:10
Context57:10 Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, 13
but you do not say, ‘I give up.’ 14
You get renewed energy, 15
so you don’t collapse. 16
Isaiah 58:11
Context58:11 The Lord will continually lead you;
he will feed you even in parched regions. 17
He will give you renewed strength, 18
and you will be like a well-watered garden,
like a spring that continually produces water.
Isaiah 58:14
Context58:14 Then you will find joy in your relationship to the Lord, 19
and I will give you great prosperity, 20
and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” 21
Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. 22
Isaiah 59:4
Context59:4 No one is concerned about justice; 23
no one sets forth his case truthfully.
They depend on false words 24 and tell lies;
they conceive of oppression 25
and give birth to sin.
Isaiah 61:11
Context61:11 For just as the ground produces its crops
and a garden yields its produce,
so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance 26 to grow,
and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. 27
Isaiah 62:8
Context62:8 The Lord swears an oath by his right hand,
by his strong arm: 28
“I will never again give your grain
to your enemies as food,
and foreigners will not drink your wine,
which you worked hard to produce.
1 tn Heb “their faces are faces of flames.” Their faces are flushed with fear and embarrassment.
2 tn Heb “do not flash forth their light.”
3 tn Heb “does not shed forth its light.”
4 tn Or “certainly the officials of Zoan are fools.” אַךְ (’akh) can carry the sense, “only, nothing but,” or “certainly, surely.”
5 tn Heb “A son of wise men am I, a son of ancient kings.” The term בֶּן (ben, “son of”) could refer to literal descent, but many understand the word, at least in the first line, in its idiomatic sense of “member [of a guild].” See HALOT 138 s.v. בֶּן and J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:371. If this is the case, then one can take the word in a figurative sense in the second line as well, the “son of ancient kings” being one devoted to their memory as preserved in their literature.
6 tn Heb “treasures of darkness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “treasures from dark, secret places.”
7 tn Or “know” (NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT); NIV “acknowledge.”
8 tn The words “who live” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
9 tn Heb “I, even my hands”; NASB “I stretched out…with My hands”; NRSV “it was my hands that stretched out.” The same construction occurs at the beginning of v. 13.
10 tn Or “the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
11 tn Heb “and to all their host I commanded.” See the notes at 40:26.
12 tn Heb “my vindication”; many English versions “my righteousness”; NRSV, TEV “my deliverance”; CEV “my victory.”
13 tn Heb “by the greatness [i.e., “length,” see BDB 914 s.v. רֹב 2] of your way you get tired.”
14 tn Heb “it is hopeless” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NRSV “It is useless.”
15 tn Heb “the life of your hand you find.” The term חַיָּה (khayyah, “life”) is here used in the sense of “renewal” (see BDB 312 s.v.) while יָד (yad) is used of “strength.”
16 tn Heb “you do not grow weak.”
17 tn Heb “he will satisfy in parched regions your appetite.”
18 tn Heb “and your bones he will strengthen.”
19 tn For a parallel use of the phrase “find joy in” (Hitpael of עָנַג [’anag] followed by the preposition עַל [’al]), see Ps 37:4.
20 tn Heb “and I will cause you to ride upon the heights of the land.” The statement seems to be an allusion to Deut 32:13, where it is associated, as here, with God’s abundant provision of food.
21 tn Heb “and I will cause you to eat the inheritance of Jacob your father.” The Hebrew term נַחֲלָה (nakhalah) likely stands by metonymy for the crops that grow on Jacob’s “inheritance” (i.e., the land he inherited as a result of God’s promise).
22 tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” The introductory כִּי (ki) may be asseverative (as reflected in the translation) or causal/explanatory, explaining why the preceding promise will become reality (because it is guaranteed by the divine word).
23 tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”
24 tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”
25 tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”
26 tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).
27 tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”
28 tn The Lord’s right hand and strong arm here symbolize his power and remind the audience that his might guarantees the fulfillment of the following promise.
