Discovery BoxIsaiah 7:11 
Context7:11 “Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous.” 1
Isaiah 7:13
Context7:13 So Isaiah replied, 2 “Pay attention, 3 family 4 of David. 5 Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God?
Isaiah 8:19
Context8:19 6 They will say to you, “Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. 7 Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?” 8
Isaiah 8:21
Context8:21 They will pass through the land 9 destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, 10 and they will curse their king and their God 11 as they look upward.
Isaiah 29:23
Context29:23 For when they see their children,
whom I will produce among them, 12
they will honor 13 my name.
They will honor the Holy One of Jacob; 14
they will respect 15 the God of Israel.
Isaiah 40:27
Context40:27 Why do you say, Jacob,
Why do you say, Israel,
“The Lord is not aware of what is happening to me, 16
My God is not concerned with my vindication”? 17
Isaiah 41:13
Context41:13 For I am the Lord your God,
the one who takes hold of your right hand,
who says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, I am helping you.’
Isaiah 41:17
Context41:17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none;
their tongues are parched from thirst.
I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; 18
I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
Isaiah 42:17
Context42:17 Those who trust in idols
will turn back and be utterly humiliated, 19
those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’”
Isaiah 52:7
Context52:7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains 20
the feet of a messenger who announces peace,
a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” 21
Isaiah 52:10
Context52:10 The Lord reveals 22 his royal power 23
in the sight of all the nations;
the entire 24 earth sees
our God deliver. 25
Isaiah 54:6
Context54:6 “Indeed, the Lord will call you back
like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, 26
like a young wife when she has been rejected,” says your God.
1 tn Heb “Make it as deep as Sheol or make it high upwards.” These words suggest that Ahaz can feel free to go beyond the bounds of ordinary human experience.
2 tn Heb “and he said.” The subject is unexpressed, but the reference to “my God” at the end of the verse indicates the prophet is speaking.
3 tn The verb is second plural in form, because the prophet addresses the whole family of David. He continues to use the plural in v. 14 (with one exception, see the notes on that verse), but then switches back to the second singular (addressing Ahaz specifically) in vv. 16-17.
4 tn Heb “house.” See the note at v. 2.
5 sn The address to the “house of David” is designed to remind Ahaz and his royal court of the protection promised to them through the Davidic covenant. The king’s refusal to claim God’s promise magnifies his lack of faith.
6 tn It is uncertain if the prophet or the Lord is speaking in vv. 19-22. If the latter, then vv. 19-22 resume the speech recorded in vv. 12-15, after the prophet’s response in vv. 16-18.
7 tn Heb “inquire of the ritual pits and of the magicians who chirp and mutter.” The Hebrew word אוֹב (’ov, “ritual pit”) refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits. In 1 Sam 28:7 the witch of Endor is called a אוֹב-בַּעֲלַת (ba’alat-’ov, “owner of a ritual pit”). See H. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew ’OñBù,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401.
8 tn Heb “Should a nation not inquire of its gods on behalf of the living, (by inquiring) of the dead?” These words appear to be a continuation of the quotation begun in the first part of the verse. אֱלֹהָיו (’elohayv) may be translated “its gods” or “its God.” Some take the second half of the verse as the prophet’s (or the Lord’s) rebuke of the people who advise seeking oracles at the ritual pits, but in this case the words “the dead on behalf of the living” are difficult to explain.
9 tn Heb “he will pass through it.” The subject of the collective singular verb is the nation. (See the preceding note.) The immediately preceding context supplies no antecedent for “it” (a third feminine singular suffix in the Hebrew text); the suffix may refer to the land, which would be a reasonable referent with a verb of motion. Note also that אֶרֶץ (’erets, “land”) does appear at the beginning of the next verse.
10 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
11 tn Or “gods” (NAB, NRSV, CEV).
12 tn Heb “for when he sees his children, the work of my hands in his midst.”
13 tn Or “treat as holy” (also in the following line); NASB, NRSV “will sanctify.”
14 sn Holy One of Jacob is similar to the phrase “Holy One of Israel” common throughout Isaiah; see the sn at Isa 1:4.
15 tn Or “fear,” in the sense of “stand in awe of.”
16 tn Heb “my way is hidden from the Lord” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
17 tn Heb “and from my God my justice passes away”; NRSV “my right is disregarded by my God.”
18 tn Heb “will answer them” (so ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
19 tn Heb “be ashamed with shame”; ASV, NASB “be utterly put to shame.”
20 tn Heb “How delightful on the mountains.”
21 tn Or “has become king.” When a new king was enthroned, his followers would give this shout. For other examples of this enthronement formula (Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָלַךְ [malakh], followed by the name of the king), see 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13. The Lord is an eternal king, but here he is pictured as a victorious warrior who establishes his rule from Zion.
22 tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”
23 tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.
24 tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.
25 tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.
26 tn Heb “like a woman abandoned and grieved in spirit.”
