Discovery BoxIsaiah 3:8 
Context3:8 Jerusalem certainly stumbles,
Judah falls,
for their words and their actions offend the Lord; 1
they rebel against his royal authority. 2
Isaiah 10:19
Context10:19 There will be so few trees left in his forest,
a child will be able to count them. 3
Isaiah 11:1
Context11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s 4 root stock,
a bud will sprout 5 from his roots.
Isaiah 14:18
Context14:18 6 As for all the kings of the nations,
all of them 7 lie down in splendor, 8
each in his own tomb. 9
Isaiah 28:24
Context28:24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? 10
Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?
Isaiah 37:1
Context37:1 When King Hezekiah heard this, 11 he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.
Isaiah 37:37
Context37:37 So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh. 12
Isaiah 38:9
Context38:9 This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness:
Isaiah 42:12
Context42:12 Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; 13
let them praise his deeds in the coastlands. 14
Isaiah 52:9-10
Context52:9 In unison give a joyful shout,
O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord consoles his people;
he protects 15 Jerusalem.
52:10 The Lord reveals 16 his royal power 17
in the sight of all the nations;
the entire 18 earth sees
our God deliver. 19
Isaiah 63:10
Context63:10 But they rebelled and offended 20 his holy Spirit, 21
so he turned into an enemy
and fought against them.
1 tn Heb “for their tongue and their deeds [are] to the Lord.”
2 tn Heb “to rebel [against] the eyes of his majesty.” The word כָּבוֹד (kavod) frequently refers to the Lord’s royal splendor that is an outward manifestation of his authority as king.
3 tn Heb “and the rest of the trees of his forest will be counted, and a child will record them.”
4 sn The text mentions David’s father Jesse, instead of the great king himself. Perhaps this is done for rhetorical reasons to suggest that a new David, not just another disappointing Davidic descendant, will arise. Other prophets call the coming ideal Davidic king “David” or picture him as the second coming of David, as it were. See Jer 30:9; Ezek 34:23-24; 37:24-25; Hos 3:5; and Mic 5:2 (as well as the note there).
5 tc The Hebrew text has יִפְרֶה (yifreh, “will bear fruit,” from פָּרָה, parah), but the ancient versions, as well as the parallelism suggest that יִפְרַח (yifrakh, “will sprout”, from פָּרַח, parakh) is the better reading here. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:276, n. 2.
6 sn It is unclear where the quotation of the kings, begun in v. 10b, ends. However, the reference to the “kings of the nations” in v. 18 (see also v. 9) seems to indicate that the quotation has ended at this point and that Israel’s direct taunt (cf. vv. 4b-10a) has resumed. In fact the references to the “kings of the nations” may form a stylistic inclusio or frame around the quotation.
7 tc The phrase “all of them” does not appear in the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa.
8 sn This refers to the typically extravagant burial of kings.
9 tn Heb “house” (so KJV, ASV), but in this context a tomb is in view. Note the verb “lie down” in the preceding line and the reference to a “grave” in the next line.
10 tn Heb “All the day does the plowman plow in order to plant?” The phrase “all the day” here has the sense of “continually, always.” See BDB 400 s.v. יוֹם.
11 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
12 tn Heb “and Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and lived in Nineveh.”
13 tn Heb “Let them ascribe to the Lord glory.”
14 tn Heb “and his praise in the coastlands [or “islands”] let them declare.”
15 tn Or “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.
16 tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”
17 tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.
18 tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.
19 tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.
20 tn Or “grieved, hurt the feelings of.”
21 sn The phrase “holy Spirit” occurs in the OT only here (in v. 11 as well) and in Ps 51:11 (51:13 HT), where it is associated with the divine presence.
