Discovery BoxIsaiah 35:2 
Contextlet it rejoice and shout with delight! 2
It is given the grandeur 3 of Lebanon,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the grandeur of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.
Isaiah 41:22
Context41:22 “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen!
Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, 4
so we may examine them 5 and see how they were fulfilled. 6
Or decree for us some future events!
Isaiah 43:9
Context43:9 All nations gather together,
the peoples assemble.
Who among them announced this?
Who predicted earlier events for us? 7
Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right;
let them listen and affirm, ‘It is true.’
Isaiah 45:8
Context45:8 O sky, rain down from above!
Let the clouds send down showers 8 of deliverance!
Let the earth absorb it 9 so salvation may grow, 10
and deliverance may sprout up 11 along with it.
I, the Lord, create it. 12
1 tn The ambiguous verb form תִּפְרַח (tifrakh) is translated as a jussive because it is parallel to the jussive form תָגֵל (tagel).
2 tn Heb “and let it rejoice, yes [with] rejoicing and shouting.” גִּילַת (gilat) may be an archaic feminine nominal form (see GKC 421 §130.b).
3 tn Or “glory” (KJV, NIV, NRSV); also a second time later in this verse.
4 tn Heb “As for the former things, tell us what they are!”
5 tn Heb “so we might set [them to] our heart.”
6 tn Heb “and might know their outcome.”
7 tn Heb “and the former things was causing us to hear?”
8 tn Heb “let the clouds drip with”; KJV “let the skies pour down.”
9 tn Heb “open up” (so NASB); NIV, NLT “open wide.”
10 tc The plural verb should be emended to a singular form. The vav (ו) ending is probably virtually dittographic (note the yod at the beginning of the following word).
11 tc The Hiphil verb form (תַצְמִיחַ, tatsmiakh) should probably be emended to a Qal (תִצְמַח, titsmakh). The יח sequence at the end of the form is probably due to dittography (note the following יַחַד, yakhad).
12 tn The masculine singular pronominal suffix probably refers back to יָשַׁע (yasha’, “salvation”).
