Discovery BoxIsaiah 40:10 
Context40:10 Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; 1
his military power establishes his rule. 2
Look, his reward is with him;
his prize goes before him. 3
Isaiah 66:14-15
Context66:14 When you see this, you will be happy, 4
and you will be revived. 5
The Lord will reveal his power to his servants
and his anger to his enemies. 6
66:15 For look, the Lord comes with fire,
his chariots come like a windstorm, 7
to reveal his raging anger,
his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. 8
1 tn Heb “comes as a strong one”; ASV “will come as a mighty one.” The preposition בְּ (bet) here carries the nuance “in the capacity of.” It indicates that the Lord possesses the quality expressed by the noun. See GKC 379 §119.i and HALOT 104 s.v. בְּ.
2 tn Heb “his arm rules for him” (so NIV, NRSV). The Lord’s “arm” symbolizes his military power (see Isa 51:9-10; 63:5).
3 tn As the Lord returns to Jerusalem as a victorious warrior, he brings with him the spoils of victory, called here his “reward” and “prize.” These terms might also be translated “wages” and “recompense.” Verse 11 indicates that his rescued people, likened to a flock of sheep, are his reward.
4 tn “and you will see and your heart will be happy.”
5 tn Heb “and your bones like grass will sprout.”
6 tn Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”
7 sn Chariots are like a windstorm in their swift movement and in the way that they kick up dust.
8 tn Heb “to cause to return with the rage of his anger, and his battle cry [or “rebuke”] with flames of fire.”
