Discovery BoxIsaiah 66:13 
Context66:13 As a mother consoles a child, 1
so I will console you,
and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
Isaiah 22:4
Context22:4 So I say:
“Don’t look at me! 2
I am weeping bitterly.
Don’t try 3 to console me
concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.” 4
Isaiah 57:18
Context57:18 I have seen their behavior, 5
but I will heal them and give them rest,
and I will once again console those who mourn. 6
Isaiah 61:2
Context61:2 to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,
the day when our God will seek vengeance, 7
to console all who mourn,
Isaiah 51:3
Context51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;
he will console all her ruins.
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the Garden of the Lord.
Happiness and joy will be restored to 8 her,
thanksgiving and the sound of music.
1 tn Heb “like a man whose mother comforts him.”
2 tn Heb “look away from me” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).
3 tn Heb “don’t hurry” (so NCV).
4 tn Heb “the daughter of my people.” “Daughter” is here used metaphorically to express the speaker’s emotional attachment to his people, as well as their vulnerability and weakness.
5 tn Heb “his ways” (so KJV, NASB, NIV); TEV “how they acted.”
6 tn Heb “and I will restore consolation to him, to his mourners.”
7 tn Heb “to announce the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance.
8 tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
