Discovery BoxIsaiah 3:7 
Context3:7 At that time 1 the brother will shout, 2
‘I am no doctor, 3
I have no food or coat in my house;
don’t make me a leader of the people!’”
Isaiah 11:13
Context11:13 Ephraim’s jealousy will end, 4
and Judah’s hostility 5 will be eliminated.
Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah,
and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.
Isaiah 16:10
Context16:10 Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards,
and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts;
no one treads out juice in the wine vats 6 –
I have brought the joyful shouts to an end. 7
Isaiah 22:22
Context22:22 I will place the key 8 to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.
Isaiah 27:11
Context27:11 When its branches get brittle, 9 they break;
women come and use them for kindling. 10
For these people lack understanding, 11
therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them;
the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
Isaiah 29:22
Context29:22 So this is what the Lord, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob: 12
“Jacob will no longer be ashamed;
their faces will no longer show their embarrassment. 13
Isaiah 33:21
Context33:21 Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king. 14
Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; 15
no war galley will enter; 16
no large ships will sail through. 17
Isaiah 47:10
Context47:10 You were complacent in your evil deeds; 18
you thought, 19 ‘No one sees me.’
Your self-professed 20 wisdom and knowledge lead you astray,
when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’ 21
Isaiah 47:14
Context47:14 Look, they are like straw,
which the fire burns up;
they cannot rescue themselves
from the heat 22 of the flames.
There are no coals to warm them,
no firelight to enjoy. 23
Isaiah 51:18
Context51:18 There was no one to lead her
among all the children she bore;
there was no one to take her by the hand
among all the children she raised.
Isaiah 53:2
Context53:2 He sprouted up like a twig before God, 24
like a root out of parched soil; 25
he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, 26
no special appearance that we should want to follow him. 27
Isaiah 59:4
Context59:4 No one is concerned about justice; 28
no one sets forth his case truthfully.
They depend on false words 29 and tell lies;
they conceive of oppression 30
and give birth to sin.
Isaiah 63:5
Context63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was shocked because there was no one offering support. 31
So my right arm accomplished deliverance;
my raging anger drove me on. 32
1 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
2 tn Heb “he will lift up [his voice].”
3 tn Heb “wrapper [of wounds]”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “healer.”
4 tn Heb “turn aside”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “depart.”
5 tn Heb “hostile ones of Judah.” Elsewhere when the substantival participle of צָרָר (tsarar) takes a pronominal suffix or appears in a construct relationship, the following genitive is objective. (For a list of texts see BDB 865 s.v. III צָרַר) In this case the phrase “hostile ones of Judah” means “those who are hostile toward Judah,” i.e., Judah’s enemies. However, the parallel couplet that follows suggests that Judah’s hostility toward Ephraim is in view. In this case “hostile ones of Judah” means “hostile ones from Judah.” The translation above assumes the latter, giving the immediate context priority over general usage.
6 tn Heb “wine in the vats the treader does not tread.”
7 sn The Lord appears to be the speaker here. See 15:9.
8 sn This may refer to a literal insignia worn by the chief administrator. Even so, it would still symbolize the administrator’s authority to grant or exclude access to the king. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:422.
9 tn Heb “are dry” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
10 tn Heb “women come [and] light it.” The city is likened to a dead tree with dried up branches that is only good for firewood.
11 tn Heb “for not a people of understanding [is] he.”
12 tn Heb “So this is what the Lord says to the house of Jacob, the one who ransomed Abraham.” The relative pronoun must refer back to “the Lord,” not to the immediately preceding “Jacob.” It is uncertain to what event in Abraham’s experience this refers. Perhaps the name “Abraham” stands here by metonymy for his descendants through Jacob. If so, the Exodus is in view.
13 tn Heb “and his face will no longer be pale.”
14 tn Heb “But there [as] a mighty one [will be] the Lord for us.”
15 tn Heb “a place of rivers, streams wide of hands [i.e., on both sides].”
16 tn Heb “a ship of rowing will not go into it.”
17 tn Heb “and a mighty ship will not pass through it.”
18 tn Heb “you trusted in your evil”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “wickedness.”
19 tn Or “said”; NAB “said to yourself”’ NASB “said in your heart.”
20 tn The words “self-professed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
22 tn Heb “hand,” here a metaphor for the strength or power of the flames.
23 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “there is no coal [for?] their food, light to sit before it.” Some emend לַחְמָם (lakhmam, “their food”) to לְחֻמָּם (lÿkhummam, “to warm them”; see HALOT 328 s.v. חמם). This statement may allude to Isa 44:16, where idolaters are depicted warming themselves over a fire made from wood, part of which was used to form idols. The fire of divine judgment will be no such campfire; its flames will devour and destroy.
24 tn Heb “before him.” Some suggest an emendation to “before us.” If the third singular suffix of the Hebrew text is retained, it probably refers to the Lord (see v. 1b). For a defense of this reading, see R. Whybray, Isaiah 40-66 (NCBC), 173-74.
25 sn The metaphor in this verse suggests insignificance.
26 tn Heb “that we might see him.” The vav conjunctive prefixed to the imperfect introduces a result clause here. See GKC 504-5 §166.a.
27 tn Heb “that we should desire him.” The vav conjunctive prefixed to the imperfect introduces a result clause here. See GKC 504-5 §166.a.
28 tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”
29 tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”
30 tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”
31 sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.
32 tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”
