Discovery BoxIsaiah 5:9 
Context5:9 The Lord who commands armies told me this: 1
“Many houses will certainly become desolate,
large, impressive houses will have no one living in them. 2
Isaiah 8:15
Context8:15 Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, 3
and will fall and be seriously injured,
and will be ensnared and captured.”
Isaiah 10:7
Context10:7 But he does not agree with this,
his mind does not reason this way, 4
for his goal is to destroy,
and to eliminate many nations. 5
Isaiah 22:9
Context22:9 You saw the many breaks
in the walls of the city of David; 6
you stored up water in the lower pool.
Isaiah 47:12
Context47:12 Persist 7 in trusting 8 your amulets
and your many incantations,
which you have faithfully recited 9 since your youth!
Maybe you will be successful 10 –
maybe you will scare away disaster. 11
Isaiah 52:14
Context52:14 (just as many were horrified by the sight of you) 12
he was so disfigured 13 he no longer looked like a man; 14
Isaiah 57:9
Context57:9 You take olive oil as tribute 15 to your king, 16
along with many perfumes. 17
You send your messengers to a distant place;
you go all the way to Sheol. 18
1 tn Heb “in my ears, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].”
2 tn Heb “great and good [houses], without a resident.”
3 tn Heb “over them” (so NASB); NCV “over this rock.”
4 tn Heb “but he, not so does he intend, and his heart, not so does it think.”
5 tn Heb “for to destroy [is] in his heart, and to cut off nations, not a few.”
6 tn Heb “the breaks of the city of David, you saw that they were many.”
7 tn Heb “stand” (so KJV, ASV); NASB, NRSV “Stand fast.”
8 tn The word “trusting” is supplied in the translation for clarification. See v. 9.
9 tn Heb “in that which you have toiled.”
10 tn Heb “maybe you will be able to profit.”
11 tn Heb “maybe you will cause to tremble.” The object “disaster” is supplied in the translation for clarification. See the note at v. 9.
12 tn Some witnesses read “him,” which is more consistent with the context, where the servant is spoken about, not addressed. However, it is possible that the Lord briefly addresses the servant here. The present translation assumes the latter view and places the phrase in parentheses.
13 tn Heb “such was the disfigurement.” The noun מִשְׁחַת (mishkhat) occurs only here. It may be derived from the verbal root שָׁחַת (shakhat, “be ruined”; see BDB 1007-8 s.v. שָׁחַת). The construct form appears here before a prepositional phrase (cf. GKC 421 §130.a).
14 tn Heb “from a man his appearance.” The preposition מִן (min) here carries the sense “away from,” i.e., “so as not to be.” See BDB 583 s.v.
15 tn Heb “you journey with oil.”
16 tn Heb “the king.” Since the context refers to idolatry and child sacrifice (see v. 5), some emend מֶלֶך (melekh, “king”) to “Molech.” Perhaps Israel’s devotion to her idols is likened here to a subject taking tribute to a ruler.
17 tn Heb “and you multiply your perfumes.”
18 sn Israel’s devotion to her idols is inordinate, irrational, and self-destructive.
