translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).


text: Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”


text: Heb “and your sins have caused [his] face to be hidden from you so as not to hear.”


text: Heb “no one pleads with justice.”


text: Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”


text: Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”


text: Heb “that which is pressed in hatches [as] a snake.”


text: Heb “their deeds are deeds of sin, and the work of violence [is] in their hands.”


text: Heb “their feet run to evil.”


text: Heb “they quickly pour out innocent blood.”


text: Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”


text: Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”


text: Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”


text: מִשְׁפָּט ( mishpat ), which refers to “justice” in the earlier verses, here refers to “justice from God,” or “vindication.” Because the people are unjust, God refuses to vindicate them before their enemies. See v. 11 .


text: Heb “but, look, darkness”; NIV “but all is darkness.”


text: The words “we wait for” are supplied in the translation; the verb is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).


text: The plural noun form may indicate degree here.


text: Or “walk about”; NCV “all we have is darkness.”


text: Heb “like there are no eyes.”


text: Heb among the strong, like dead men.”


text: See the note at v. 9 .


text: Heb “for many are our rebellious deeds before you.”


text: Heb “indeed [or “for”] our rebellious deeds (are) with us, and our sins, we know them.”


text: Heb “speaking.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”


text: Or “righteousness” (ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); KJV, NAB “justice.”


text: Or “for” (KJV, NRSV).


text: Heb “and it is displeasing in his eyes.”


text: Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”


text: Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”


text: Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”


text: Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”


text: Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “goodness.”


text: Or “a breastplate” (traditional; so many English versions); TEV “a coat of armour.”


text: Heb “and [as] a helmet deliverance on his head.”


text: Heb “and he puts on the clothes of vengeance [as] a garment.”


text: Heb “in accordance with deeds, so he repays, anger to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies.”


text: Or “islands” (KJV, NIV).


label: NET textual note

text: Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read “see.”


text: Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”


text: Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”


text: Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”


text: Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ ( ruakh ) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28 ).


text: Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14 .


text: Heb “and to those who turn from rebellion in Jacob.”


text: Or “my covenant with” (so many English versions); NCV “my agreement with.” sn The Lord promises the repentant (note “to them”) that they and their offspring will possess his spirit and function as his spokesmen. In this regard they follow in the footsteps of the Lord’s special servant. See 42:1; 49:2; 51:16 .


text: Heb “from now and on into the future.”