Discovery BoxIsaiah 5:6 
Context5:6 I will make it a wasteland;
no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, 1
and thorns and briers will grow there.
I will order the clouds
not to drop any rain on it.
Isaiah 14:29
Context14:29 Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines,
just because the club that beat you has been broken! 2
For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root,
and its fruit will be a darting adder. 3
Isaiah 38:14
Context38:14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,
I coo 4 like a dove;
my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. 5
O sovereign master, 6 I am oppressed;
help me! 7
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
Isaiah 58:14
Context58:14 Then you will find joy in your relationship to the Lord, 13
and I will give you great prosperity, 14
and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob.” 15
Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. 16
Isaiah 61:11
Context61:11 For just as the ground produces its crops
and a garden yields its produce,
so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance 17 to grow,
and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. 18
1 tn Heb “it will not be pruned or hoed” (so NASB); ASV and NRSV both similar.
2 sn The identity of this “club” (also referred to as a “serpent” in the next line) is uncertain. It may refer to an Assyrian king, or to Ahaz. For discussion see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:331-32. The viper/adder referred to in the second half of the verse is his successor.
3 tn Heb “flying burning one.” The designation “burning one” may allude to the serpent’s appearance or the effect of its poisonous bite. (See the note at 6:2.) The qualifier “flying” probably refers to the serpent’s quick, darting movements, though one might propose a homonym here, meaning “biting.” (See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 1:332, n. 18.) Some might think in terms of a mythological flying, fire breathing dragon (cf. NAB “a flying saraph”; CEV “a flying fiery dragon”), but this proposal does not make good sense in 30:6, where the phrase “flying burning one” appears again in a list of desert animals.
4 tn Or “moan” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); KJV, CEV “mourn.”
5 tn Heb “my eyes become weak, toward the height.”
6 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in v. 16 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
7 tn Heb “stand surety for me.” Hezekiah seems to be picturing himself as a debtor who is being exploited; he asks that the Lord might relieve his debt and deliver him from the oppressive creditor.
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”).
13 tn For a parallel use of the phrase “find joy in” (Hitpael of עָנַג [’anag] followed by the preposition עַל [’al]), see Ps 37:4.
14 tn Heb “and I will cause you to ride upon the heights of the land.” The statement seems to be an allusion to Deut 32:13, where it is associated, as here, with God’s abundant provision of food.
15 tn Heb “and I will cause you to eat the inheritance of Jacob your father.” The Hebrew term נַחֲלָה (nakhalah) likely stands by metonymy for the crops that grow on Jacob’s “inheritance” (i.e., the land he inherited as a result of God’s promise).
16 tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” The introductory כִּי (ki) may be asseverative (as reflected in the translation) or causal/explanatory, explaining why the preceding promise will become reality (because it is guaranteed by the divine word).
17 tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).
18 tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”
