Discovery BoxIsaiah 26:2 
Context26:2 Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter –
one that remains trustworthy.
Isaiah 40:25
Context40:25 “To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?”
says the Holy One. 1
Isaiah 46:8
Context46:8 Remember this, so you can be brave! 2
Think about it, you rebels! 3
Isaiah 49:24
Context49:24 Can spoils be taken from a warrior,
or captives be rescued from a conqueror? 4
1 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
2 tn The meaning of the verb אָשַׁשׁ (’ashash, which appears here in the Hitpolel stem) is uncertain. BDB 84 s.v. אשׁשׁ relates it to a root meaning “found, establish” in Arabic; HALOT 100 s.v. II אשׁשׁ gives the meaning “pluck up courage.” The imperative with vav (ו) may indicate purpose following the preceding imperative.
3 tn Heb “return [it], rebels, to heart”; NRSV “recall it to mind, you transgressors.”
4 tc The Hebrew text has צָדִיק (tsadiq, “a righteous [one]”), but this makes no sense in the parallelism. The Qumran scroll 1QIsaa reads correctly עריץ (“violent [one], tyrant”; see v. 25).
