Isaiah 21:6-7
Context21:6 For this is what the sovereign master 1 has told me:
“Go, post a guard!
He must report what he sees.
21:7 When he sees chariots,
teams of horses, 2
riders on donkeys,
riders on camels,
he must be alert,
very alert.”
Isaiah 40:23
Context40:23 He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing;
he makes the earth’s leaders insignificant.
Isaiah 40:29
Context40:29 He gives strength to those who are tired;
to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.
Isaiah 51:14
Context51:14 The one who suffers 3 will soon be released;
he will not die in prison, 4
he will not go hungry. 5
Isaiah 62:7
Context62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, 6
until he makes Jerusalem the pride 7 of the earth.
Isaiah 63:8
Context63:8 He said, “Certainly they will be my people,
children who are not disloyal.” 8
He became their deliverer.
1 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 8, 16 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
2 tn Or “a pair of horsemen.”
3 tn Heb “who is stooped over” (under a burden).
4 tn Heb “the pit” (so KJV); ASV, NAB “die and go down into the pit”; NASB, NIV “dungeon”; NCV “prison.”
5 tn Heb “he will not lack his bread.”
6 tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.
7 tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”
8 tn Heb “children [who] do not act deceitfully.” Here the verb refers to covenantal loyalty.