Discovery BoxIsaiah 32:8 
Context32:8 An honorable man makes honorable plans;
his honorable character gives him security. 1
Isaiah 40:13
Context40:13 Who comprehends 2 the mind 3 of the Lord,
or gives him instruction as his counselor? 4
Isaiah 40:17-18
Context40:17 All the nations are insignificant before him;
they are regarded as absolutely nothing. 5
40:18 To whom can you compare God?
To what image can you liken him?
Isaiah 45:25
Context45:25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord
and will boast in him. 6
Isaiah 55:4
Context55:4 Look, I made him a witness to nations, 7
a ruler and commander of nations.”
Isaiah 55:6
Context55:6 Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; 8
call to him while he is nearby!
1 tn Heb “and he upon honorable things stands.”
2 tn Perhaps the verb is used metonymically here in the sense of “advises” (note the following line).
3 tn In this context רוּחַ (ruakh) likely refers to the Lord’s “mind,” or mental faculties, rather than his personal Spirit (see BDB 925 s.v.).
4 tn Heb “or [as] the man of his counsel causes him to know?”
5 tn Heb “[as derived] from nothing and unformed.”
6 tn Heb “In the Lord all the offspring of Israel will be vindicated and boast.”
7 sn Ideally the Davidic king was to testify to the nations of God’s greatness (cf. Pss 18:50 HT [18:49 ET]; 22:28 HT [22:27 ET]). See J. H. Eaton, Kingship in the Psalms (SBT), 182-84.
8 tn Heb “while he allows himself to be found.” The Niphal form has a tolerative force here.
