Discovery BoxIsaiah 38:18 
Context38:18 Indeed 1 Sheol does not give you thanks;
death does not 2 praise you.
Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
Isaiah 48:7-8
Context48:7 Now they come into being, 3 not in the past;
before today you did not hear about them,
so you could not say,
‘Yes, 4 I know about them.’
48:8 You did not hear,
you do not know,
you were not told beforehand. 5
For I know that you are very deceitful; 6
you were labeled 7 a rebel from birth.
1 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
2 tn The negative particle is understood by ellipsis in this line. See GKC 483 §152.z.
3 tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”
4 tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”
5 tn Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”
6 tn Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
7 tn Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
