Discovery BoxIsaiah 8:7 
Context8:7 So look, the sovereign master 1 is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River 2 – the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks. 3
Isaiah 28:2
Context28:2 Look, the sovereign master 4 sends a strong, powerful one. 5
With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, 6
with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, 7
he will knock that crown 8 to the ground with his hand. 9
Isaiah 48:16
Context48:16 Approach me! Listen to this!
From the very first I have not spoken in secret;
when it happens, 10 I am there.”
So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit. 11
Isaiah 49:22
Context49:22 This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“Look I will raise my hand to the nations;
I will raise my signal flag to the peoples.
They will bring your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
Isaiah 50:4
Context50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, 12
so that I know how to help the weary. 13
He wakes me up every morning;
he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do. 14
Isaiah 51:23
Context51:23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors 15
who said to you, ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’
You made your back like the ground,
and like the street for those who walked over you.”
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 16 to grow,
and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. 17
Isaiah 65:13
Context65:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says:
“Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry!
Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty!
Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!
1 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
2 tn Heb “the mighty and abundant waters of the river.” The referent of “the river” here, the Euphrates River, has been specified in the translation for clarity. As the immediately following words indicate, these waters symbolize the Assyrian king and his armies which will, as it were, inundate the land.
3 tn Heb “it will go up over all its stream beds and go over all its banks.”
4 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 22 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
5 tn Heb “Look, a strong and powerful [one] belongs to the Lord.”
6 tn Heb “like a rainstorm of hail, a wind of destruction.”
7 tn Heb “like a rainstorm of mighty, overflowing waters.”
8 tn The words “that crown” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The object of the verb is unexpressed in the Hebrew text.
9 tn Or “by [his] power.”
10 tn Heb “from the time of its occurring.”
11 sn The speaker here is not identified specifically, but he is probably Cyrus, the Lord’s “ally” mentioned in vv. 14-15.
12 tn Heb “has given to me a tongue of disciples.”
sn Verses 4-11 contain the third of the so-called servant songs, which depict the career of the Lord’s special servant, envisioned as an ideal Israel (49:3) who rescues the exiles and fulfills God’s purposes for the world. Here the servant alludes to opposition (something hinted at in 49:4), but also expresses his determination to persevere with the Lord’s help.
13 tc Heb “to know [?] the weary with a word.” Comparing it with Arabic and Aramaic cognates yields the meaning of “help, sustain.” Nevertheless, the meaning of עוּת (’ut) is uncertain. The word occurs only here in the OT (see BDB 736 s.v.). Various scholars have suggested an emendation to עָנוֹת (’anot) from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”): “so that I know how to respond kindly to the weary.” Since the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and the Vulgate support the MT reading, that reading is retained.
14 tn Heb “he arouses for me an ear, to hear like disciples.”
15 tn That is, to make them drink it.
16 tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).
17 tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”
