Discovery BoxIsaiah 3:14 
Context3:14 The Lord comes to pronounce judgment
on the leaders of his people and their officials.
He says, 1 “It is you 2 who have ruined 3 the vineyard! 4
You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor. 5
Isaiah 18:3
Context18:3 All you who live in the world,
who reside on the earth,
you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains;
you will hear a trumpet being blown.
Isaiah 22:11
Context22:11 You made a reservoir between the two walls
for the water of the old pool –
but you did not trust in 6 the one who made it; 7
you did not depend on 8 the one who formed it long ago!
Isaiah 30:19
Context30:19 For people will live in Zion;
in Jerusalem 9 you will weep no more. 10
When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy;
when he hears it, he will respond to you. 11
Isaiah 41:15-16
Context41:15 “Look, I am making you like 12 a sharp threshing sledge,
new and double-edged. 13
You will thresh the mountains and crush them;
you will make the hills like straw. 14
41:16 You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away;
the wind will scatter them.
You will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 42:6
Context42:6 “I, the Lord, officially commission you; 15
I take hold of your hand.
I protect you 16 and make you a covenant mediator for people, 17
and a light 18 to the nations, 19
Isaiah 44:2
Context44:2 This is what the Lord, the one who made you, says –
the one who formed you in the womb and helps you:
“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,
Jeshurun, 20 whom I have chosen!
Isaiah 45:3-4
Context45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, 21
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 22 me.
Isaiah 47:6
Context47:6 I was angry at my people;
I defiled my special possession
and handed them over to you.
You showed them no mercy; 23
you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. 24
Isaiah 47:9
Context47:9 Both of these will come upon you
suddenly, in one day!
You will lose your children and be widowed. 25
You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, 26
despite 27 your many incantations
and your numerous amulets. 28
Isaiah 48:5
Context48:5 I announced them to you beforehand;
before they happened, I predicted them for you,
so you could never say,
‘My image did these things,
my idol, my cast image, decreed them.’
Isaiah 48:17
Context48:17 This is what the Lord, your protector, 29 says,
the Holy One of Israel: 30
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you how to succeed,
who leads you in the way you should go.
Isaiah 51:16-17
Context51:16 I commission you 31 as my spokesman; 32
I cover you with the palm of my hand, 33
to establish 34 the sky and to found the earth,
to say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’” 35
51:17 Wake up! Wake up!
Get up, O Jerusalem!
You drank from the cup the Lord passed to you,
which was full of his anger! 36
You drained dry
the goblet full of intoxicating wine. 37
Isaiah 54:17
Context54:17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed;
you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. 38
This is what the Lord will do for his servants –
I will vindicate them,” 39
says the Lord.
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 57:6
Context57:6 Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love;
they, they are the object of your devotion. 40
You pour out liquid offerings to them,
you make an offering.
Because of these things I will seek vengeance. 41
Isaiah 60:10
Context60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls;
their kings will serve you.
Even though I struck you down in my anger,
I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. 42
Isaiah 60:14
Context60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;
all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.
They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’ 43
Isaiah 60:16
Context60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;
you will nurse at the breasts of kings. 44
Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,
your protector, 45 the powerful ruler of Jacob. 46
Isaiah 60:19
Context60:19 The sun will no longer supply light for you by day,
nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you;
the Lord will be your permanent source of light –
the splendor of your God will shine upon you. 47
Isaiah 61:6
Context61:6 You will be called, ‘the Lord’s priests,
servants of our God.’ 48
You will enjoy 49 the wealth of nations
and boast about 50 the riches you receive from them. 51
Isaiah 63:16
Context63:16 For you are our father,
though Abraham does not know us
and Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our father;
you have been called our protector from ancient times. 52
Isaiah 65:13
Context65:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says:
“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry!
Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty!
Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!
1 tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn The pronominal element is masculine plural; the leaders are addressed.
3 tn The verb בָּעַר (ba’ar, “graze, ruin”; HALOT 146 s.v. II בער) is a homonym of the more common בָּעַר (ba’ar, “burn”; see HALOT 145 s.v. I בער).
4 sn The vineyard is a metaphor for the nation here. See 5:1-7.
5 tn Heb “the plunder of the poor [is] in your houses” (so NASB).
6 tn Heb “look at”; NAB, NRSV “did not look to.”
7 tn The antecedent of the third feminine singular suffix here and in the next line is unclear. The closest feminine noun is “pool” in the first half of the verse. Perhaps this “old pool” symbolizes the entire city, which had prospered because of God’s provision and protection through the years.
8 tn Heb “did not see.”
9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
10 tn Heb “For people in Zion will live, in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.” The phrase “in Jerusalem” could be taken with what precedes. Some prefer to emend יֵשֵׁב (yeshev, “will live,” a Qal imperfect) to יֹשֵׁב (yoshev, a Qal active participle) and translate “For [you] people in Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.”
11 tn Heb “he will indeed show you mercy at the sound of your crying out; when he hears, he will answer you.”
12 tn Heb “into” (so NIV); ASV “have made thee to be.”
13 tn Heb “owner of two-mouths,” i.e., double-edged.
14 sn The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.
15 tn Heb “call you in righteousness.” The pronoun “you” is masculine singular, referring to the servant. See the note at 41:2.
16 tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצַר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצַר (yatsar, “form”).
17 tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. The precise identity of עָם (’am, “people”) is uncertain. In v. 5 עָם refers to mankind, and the following reference to “nations” also favors this. But in 49:8, where the phrase בְּרִית עָם occurs again, Israel seems to be in view.
18 sn Light here symbolizes deliverance from bondage and oppression; note the parallelism in 49:6b and in 51:4-6.
19 tn Or “the Gentiles” (so KJV, ASV, NIV); the same Hebrew word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context.
20 sn Jeshurun is a poetic name for Israel; it occurs here and in Deut 32:15; 33:5, 26.
21 tn Heb “treasures of darkness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “treasures from dark, secret places.”
22 tn Or “know” (NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT); NIV “acknowledge.”
23 tn Or “compassion.”
24 tn Heb “on the old you made very heavy your yoke.”
25 tn Heb “loss of children and widowhood.” In the Hebrew text the phrase is in apposition to “both of these” in line 1.
26 tn Heb “according to their fullness, they will come upon you.”
27 tn For other examples of the preposition bet (בְּ) having the sense of “although, despite,” see BDB 90 s.v. III.7.
28 sn Reference is made to incantations and amulets, both of which were important in Mesopotamian religion. They were used to ward off danger and demons.
29 tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
30 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
31 tn The addressee (second masculine singular, as in vv. 13, 15) in this verse is unclear. The exiles are addressed in the immediately preceding verses (note the critical tone of vv. 12-13 and the reference to the exiles in v. 14). However, it seems unlikely that they are addressed in v. 16, for the addressee appears to be commissioned to tell Zion, who here represents the restored exiles, “you are my people.” The addressee is distinct from the exiles. The language of v. 16a is reminiscent of 49:2 and 50:4, where the Lord’s special servant says he is God’s spokesman and effective instrument. Perhaps the Lord, having spoken to the exiles in vv. 1-15, now responds to this servant, who spoke just prior to this in 50:4-11.
32 tn Heb “I place my words in your mouth.”
33 tn Heb “with the shadow of my hand.”
34 tc The Hebrew text has לִנְטֹעַ (lintoa’, “to plant”). Several scholars prefer to emend this form to לִנְטֹת (lintot) from נָטָה (natah, “to stretch out”); see v. 13, as well as 40:22; 42:5; 44:24; 45:12; cf. NAB, NCV, NRSV. However, since the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa, LXX (and Aquila and Symmachus), and Vulgate support the MT reading, there is no need to emend the form. The interpretation is clear enough: Yahweh fixed the sky in its place.
35 tn The infinitives in v. 16b are most naturally understood as indicating the purpose of the divine actions described in v. 16a. The relationship of the third infinitive to the commission is clear enough – the Lord has made the addressee (his special servant?) his spokesman so that the latter might speak encouraging words to those in Zion. But how do the first two infinitives relate? The text seems to indicate that the Lord has commissioned the addressee so that the latter might create the universe! Perhaps creation imagery is employed metaphorically here to refer to the transformation that Jerusalem will experience (see 65:17-18).
36 tn Heb “[you] who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his anger.”
37 tn Heb “the goblet, the cup [that causes] staggering, you drank, you drained.”
38 tn Heb “and every tongue that rises up for judgment with you will prove to be guilty.”
39 tn Heb “this is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication from me.”
40 tn Heb “among the smooth stones of the stream [is] your portion, they, they [are] your lot.” The next line indicates idols are in view.
41 tn The text reads literally, “Because of these am I relenting?” If the prefixed interrogative particle is retained at the beginning of the sentence, then the question would be rhetorical, with the Niphal of נָחָם (nakham) probably being used in the sense of “relent, change one’s mind.” One could translate: “Because of these things, how can I relent?” However, the initial letter he may be dittographic (note the final he [ה] on the preceding word). In this case one may understand the verb in the sense of “console oneself, seek vengeance,” as in 1:24.
42 tn Heb “in my favor I will have compassion on you.”
43 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
44 sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.
45 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
46 sn See 1:24 and 49:26.
47 tn Heb “and your God for your splendor.”
48 tn The Hebrew text adds, “it will be said concerning you.”
49 tn Heb “eat” (KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “feed on”; NLT “be fed with.”
50 tc The form in the Hebrew text is probably a corruption of יִתְאַמְּרוּ (yit’ammÿru), a Hitpael from אָמַר (’amar), meaning “boast about” (see HALOT 67 s.v. II אמר, HALOT 416 s.v. ימר, and BDB 56 s.v. אָמַר).
51 tn Heb “their glory” (i.e., riches).
52 tn Heb “our protector [or “redeemer”] from antiquity [is] your name.”
