translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”


text: Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”


text: Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”


text: Heb “who walked [in] the way that is not good, after their thoughts.”


text: Heb “the people who provoke me to anger to my face continually.”


text: Or “gardens” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).


text: Or perhaps, “on tiles.”


text: The Hebrew text reads literally, “and in the watches they spend the night.” Some understand נְּצוּרִים ( nÿtsurim ) as referring to “secret places” or “caves,” while others emend the text to וּבֵין צוּרִים ( uven tsurim , “between the rocky cliffs”).


text: Heb “the flesh of the pig”; KJV, NAB, NASB “swine’s flesh.”


text: , reads מְרַק ( mÿraq , “broth”), while the consonantal text ( Kethib ) has פְרַק ( feraq , “fragment”).


text: Heb “Look, it is written before me.”


text: Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”


text: Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”


text: Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”


text: Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.


text: Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”


text: Heb “for a blessing is in it.”


text: Heb “by not destroying everyone.”


text: Heb “it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix probably refers to the land which contains the aforementioned mountains.


text: Heb “a resting place for cattle”; NASB, NIV “for herds.”


text: Heb “for my people who seek me.”


text: The Hebrew text has simply, “forget.” The words “about worshiping at” are supplied in the translation for clarification.


text: The Hebrew has לַגַּד ( laggad , “for Gad”), the name of a pagan deity. See HALOT 176 s.v. II גַּד 2.


text: The Hebrew has לַמְנִי ( lamni , “for Meni”), the name of a pagan deity. See HALOT 602 s.v. מְגִי .


text: Heb “I assign you to the sword.” Some emend the Qal verb form מָנִיתִי ( maniti , “I assign”) to the Piel מִנִּיתִי ( minniti , “ I ordain”). The verb sounds like the name of the god Meni ( מְנִי , mÿni , “Destiny, Fate”). The sound play draws attention to the irony of the statement. The sinners among God’s people worship the god Meni, apparently in an effort to ensure a bright destiny for themselves. But the Lord is the one who really determines their destiny and he has decreed their demise.


text: Or “at the slaughter”; NIV “for the slaughter”; NLT “before the executioner.”


text: Heb “that which is evil in my eyes.”


text: Heb “from the good of the heart.”


text: Heb “from the pain of the heart.”


text: Heb “from the breaking of the spirit.”


text: Heb “you will leave your name for an oath to my chosen ones.” sn For an example of such a curse formula see Jer 29:22 .


text: Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.


text: Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”


text: Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”


text: Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”


text: Or perhaps, “the former things” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “The events of the past.”


text: Heb “and they will not come up on the mind.”


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: Heb “Jerusalem, joy.” The next verse suggests the meaning: The Lord will create Jerusalem to be a source of joy to himself.


text: Heb “her people, happiness.” See the preceding note.


text: Heb “and I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be happy in my people.”


text: Heb “and there will not be from there again a nursing infant of days,” i.e., one that lives just a few days.


text: Heb “or an old [man] who does not fill out his days.”


text: Heb “for the child as a son of one hundred years will die.” The point seems to be that those who die at the age of a hundred will be considered children, for the average life span will be much longer than that. The category “child” will be redefined in light of the expanded life spans that will characterize this new era.


text: Heb “the one who misses.” חָטָא ( khata ’) is used here in its basic sense of “miss the mark.” See HALOT 305 s.v. חטא . Another option is to translate, “and the sinner who reaches the age of a hundred will be cursed.”


text: Heb “they will not build, and another live [in it].”


text: Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”


text: Heb “for like the days of the tree [will be] the days of my people.”


text: Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”


text: Heb “and they will not give birth to horror.”


text: Heb “for offspring blessed by the Lord they [will be], and their descendants along with them.”


text: The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2 .


text: Heb “in all my holy mountain.” These same words appear in 11:9 . See the note there. sn As in 11:1-9 the prophet anticipates a time when the categories predator-prey no longer exist. See the note at the end of 11:8 .