translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “house of Jacob”; TEV, CEV “people of Israel.”


text: , which corrects a similar form to “from inner parts of” in 39:7 , does not do it here.


text: Heb “cause to remember”; KJV, ASV “make mention of.”


text: Heb “not in truth and not in righteousness.”


text: Heb “they call themselves [or “are called”] from the holy city.” The precise meaning of the statement is uncertain. The Niphal of קָרָא ( qara ’) is combined with the preposition מִן ( min ) only here. When the Qal of קָרָא is used with מִן , the preposition often indicates the place from which one is summoned (see 46:11 ). So one could translate, “from the holy city they are summoned,” meaning that they reside there.


text: Heb “lean on” (so NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “rely on.”


text: Heb “the former things beforehand I declared.”


text: Heb “and from my mouth they came forth and I caused them to be heard.”


text: The words “I did this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text v. 4 is subordinated to v. 3 .


text: Heb “gaze [at] all of it”; KJV “see all this.”


text: Heb “[as for] you, will you not declare?”


text: Heb “and hidden things, and you do not know them.”


text: Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”


text: Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”


text: Heb “beforehand your ear did not open.”


text: Heb “deceiving, you deceive.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.


text: Or “called” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).


text: Heb “for the sake of my name” (so NAB, NASB); NLT “for my own sake.”


text: Heb “and my praise.” לְמַעַן ( lÿma ’ an , “for the sake of”) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).


text: Heb “I restrain [myself] concerning you not to cut you off.”


text: reads correctly בחנתיכה (“I have tested you”). The metallurgical background of the imagery suggests that purification through testing is the idea.


text: The Hebrew text repeats לְמַעֲנִי ( lÿma ’ ani , “for my sake”) for emphasis.


text: The Hebrew text reads literally, “for how can it be defiled?” The subject of the verb is probably “name” (v. 9 ).


text: Heb “I [am] he, I [am the] first, also I [am the] last.”


text: Or “friend,” or “covenant partner.” sn The Lord ’s ally is a reference to Cyrus.


text: Heb “and his arm [against] the Babylonians.”


text: Heb “and his way will be prosperous.”


text: Heb “from the time of its occurring.”


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


text: Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”


text: Heb “like a river your peace would have been.” שָׁלוֹם ( shalom ) probably refers here to the peace and prosperity which God promised in return for obedience to the covenant.


text: Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה ( tsÿdaqah ) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19 .


text: Heb “like sand”; NCV “as many as the grains of sand.”


text: Heb “and the issue from your inner parts.”


text: Heb “and his name would not be cut off and would not be destroyed from before me.”


text: Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).


text: Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14 .