Discovery BoxIsaiah 7:16 
Context7:16 Here is why this will be so: 1 Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land 2 whose two kings you fear will be desolate. 3
Isaiah 15:1
Context15:1 Here is a message about Moab:
Indeed, in a night it is devastated,
Ar of Moab is destroyed!
Indeed, in a night it is devastated,
Kir of Moab is destroyed!
Isaiah 19:1
Context19:1 Here is a message about Egypt:
Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud
and approaches Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him;
the Egyptians lose their courage. 4
Isaiah 23:1
Context23:1 Here is a message about Tyre:
Wail, you large ships, 5
for the port is too devastated to enter! 6
From the land of Cyprus 7 this news is announced to them.
Isaiah 40:9
Context40:9 Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion!
Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! 8
Shout, don’t be afraid!
Say to the towns of Judah,
“Here is your God!”
Isaiah 42:1
Context42:1 9 “Here is my servant whom I support,
my chosen one in whom I take pleasure.
I have placed my spirit on him;
he will make just decrees 10 for the nations. 11
Isaiah 49:20
Context49:20 Yet the children born during your time of bereavement
will say within your hearing,
‘This place is too cramped for us, 12
make room for us so we can live here.’ 13
Isaiah 52:5
Context52:5 And now, what do we have here?” 14 says the Lord.
“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,
those who rule over them taunt,” 15 says the Lord,
“and my name is constantly slandered 16 all day long.
Isaiah 58:9
Context58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;
you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’
You must 17 remove the burdensome yoke from among you
and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
1 tn Heb “for, because.” The particle introduces the entire following context (vv. 16-25), which explains why Immanuel will be an appropriate name for the child, why he will eat sour milk and honey, and why experiencing such a diet will contribute to his moral development.
2 sn Since “two kings” are referred to later in the verse, the “land” must here refer to Syria-Israel.
3 tn Heb “the land will be abandoned, which you fear because of its two kings.” After the verb קוּץ (quts, “loathe, dread”) the phrase מִפְּנֵי (mipney, “from before”) introduces the cause of loathing/dread (see Gen 27:46; Exod 1:12; Num 22:3).
4 tn Heb “and the heart of Egypt melts within it.”
5 tn Heb “ships of Tarshish.” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
6 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “for it is destroyed, from a house, from entering.” The translation assumes that the mem (מ) on בַּיִת (bayit) was originally an enclitic mem suffixed to the preceding verb. This assumption allows one to take בַּיִת as the subject of the preceding verb. It is used in a metaphorical sense for the port city of Tyre. The preposition min (מִן) prefixed to בּוֹא (bo’) indicates negative consequence: “so that no one can enter.” See BDB 583 s.v. מִן 7.b.
7 tn Heb “the Kittim,” a designation for the people of Cyprus. See HALOT 504-05 s.v. כִּתִּיִּים.
8 tn The second feminine singular imperatives are addressed to personified Zion/Jerusalem, who is here told to ascend a high hill and proclaim the good news of the Lord’s return to the other towns of Judah. Isa 41:27 and 52:7 speak of a herald sent to Zion, but the masculine singular form מְבַשֵּׂר (mÿvaser) is used in these verses, in contrast to the feminine singular form מְבַשֶּׂרֶת (mÿvaseret) employed in 40:9, where Zion is addressed as a herald.
9 sn Verses 1-7 contain the first of Isaiah’s “servant songs,” which describe the ministry of a special, ideal servant who accomplishes God’s purposes for Israel and the nations. This song depicts the servant as a just king who brings justice to the earth and relief for the oppressed. The other songs appear in 49:1-13; 50:4-11; and 52:13-53:12.
10 tn Heb “he will bring out justice” (cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV).
11 sn Like the ideal king portrayed in Isa 11:1-9, the servant is energized by the divine spirit and establishes justice on the earth.
12 tn Heb “me.” The singular is collective.
13 tn Heb “draw near to me so I can dwell.”
14 tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”
15 tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָּלוֹ (yÿhollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”
16 tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (na’ats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.
17 tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.
