Discovery BoxIsaiah 26:17 
Context26:17 As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver
and strains and cries out because of her labor pains,
so were we because of you, O Lord.
Isaiah 35:4
Context“Be strong! Do not fear!
Look, your God comes to avenge!
With divine retribution he comes to deliver you.” 2
Isaiah 38:20
Context38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, 3
and we will celebrate with music 4
for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” 5
Isaiah 43:13
Context43:13 From this day forward I am he;
no one can deliver from my power; 6
I will act, and who can prevent it?”
Isaiah 45:20
Context45:20 Gather together and come!
Approach together, you refugees from the nations!
Those who carry wooden idols know nothing,
those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.
Isaiah 56:1
Context56:1 This is what the Lord says,
“Promote 7 justice! Do what is right!
For I am ready to deliver you;
I am ready to vindicate you openly. 8
Isaiah 59:1
Context59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak 9 to deliver you;
his ear is not too deaf to hear you. 10
1 tn Heb “Say to the hasty of heart,” i.e., those whose hearts beat quickly from fear.
2 tn The jussive form וְיֹשַׁעֲכֶם (vÿyosha’akhem), which is subordinated to the preceding imperfect with vav conjunctive, indicates purpose.
3 tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.
4 tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”
5 tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”
sn Note that vv. 21-22 have been placed between vv. 6-7, where they logically belong. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.
6 tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “No one can oppose what I do.”
7 tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.”
8 tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.”
9 tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
10 tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”
