Discovery BoxIsaiah 42:16 
Context42:16 I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; 1
I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. 2
I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,
and level out the rough ground. 3
This is what I will do for them.
I will not abandon them.
Isaiah 54:9
Context54:9 “As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah’s time, 4
when I vowed that the waters of Noah’s flood 5 would never again cover the earth.
In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.
Isaiah 65:20
Context65:20 Never again will one of her infants live just a few days 6
or an old man die before his time. 7
Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, 8
anyone who fails to reach 9 the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
1 tn Heb “a way they do not know” (so NASB); NRSV “a road they do not know.”
2 tn Heb “in paths they do not know I will make them walk.”
3 tn Heb “and the rough ground into a level place.”
4 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “For [or “indeed”] the waters of Noah [is] this to me.” כִּי־מֵי (ki-me, “for the waters of”) should be emended to כְּמֵי (kÿmey, “like the days of”), which is supported by the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and all the ancient versions except LXX.
5 tn Heb “the waters of Noah” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
6 tn Heb “and there will not be from there again a nursing infant of days,” i.e., one that lives just a few days.
7 tn Heb “or an old [man] who does not fill out his days.”
8 tn Heb “for the child as a son of one hundred years will die.” The point seems to be that those who die at the age of a hundred will be considered children, for the average life span will be much longer than that. The category “child” will be redefined in light of the expanded life spans that will characterize this new era.
9 tn Heb “the one who misses.” חָטָא (khata’) is used here in its basic sense of “miss the mark.” See HALOT 305 s.v. חטא. Another option is to translate, “and the sinner who reaches the age of a hundred will be cursed.”
