• Isa 1:5
• S&H 219:12
• Isa 1:18
• Mis 59:19
• Isa 1:25 - KJV wording: PURELY - modern translation: thoroughly
• Isa 1:25 - KJV wording: TIN - modern translation: alloy

• Isa 2:2 - KJV wording: in the top of the mountains - alternative translation: in the highest mountain (or literally: in the highest of the mountains)
• Isa 2:2 - KJV wording: exalted - alternative translation: raised
• Isa 2:2-4
• Mic 4:1-3
• Isa 19:23
• Jer 3:17
• Isa 2:3 - KJV wording: shall go - alternative translation: shall come
• Isa 2:3 - KJV wording: let us go up - alternative translation: let us make pilgrimage
• Otto Kaiser (Old Testament Library: Isaiah 1-12, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1972, page 26-27) notes regarding verses 2-4:

  The nations require no further enlightenment. They understand at once the meaning of this powerful convulsion and transformation of the earth: Yahweh has revealed himself before the eyes of all mankind as the true creator and Lord of the world. Consequently, they set forth spontaneously. The great pilgrimage of the nations to Zion begins. Just as Israel once travelled in the desert to the mount of God, in order to receive the law there (cf. Ex 19ff.), the nations now travel on pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the people of the twelve tribes, to the house of the God of Jacob. For they know that this is the only place where they can find guidance for a life through which they can endure before the judgment of God. This is the only place in which one can know the way of Yahweh, which he follows in the history which he has determined through his promises and commands, and so it is only here that man can learn the way he must follow in order to respond with a right attitude to the promises, commands and chastisements of God. 'For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem' (v. 3b).

• Isa 2:3
• Deu 4:6
• Joh 4:22
• Isa 2:3 - (see Isa 2:2-4)
• Isa 2:4 - (see Isa 2:2-4)
• Isa 2:4
• Isa 9:4
• Mis xi:24-8

• Isa 3:2 - KJV wording: ANCIENT(S) - alternative translation: elder(s)
• Isa 3:3 - KJV wording: ELOQUENT ORATOR - alternative translation: skilful enchanter
• Isa 3:5 - KJV wording: ANCIENT(S) - modern translation: elder(s)
• Isa 3:14 - KJV wording: ANCIENT(S) - modern translation: elder(s)
• Isa 3:17 - KJV wording: DISCOVER(ED)(ETH)(ING) - modern translation: uncover(ed)(ing)

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• Isa 5:12 - KJV wording: TABRET(S) - modern translation: timbrel(s)
• Isa 5:12
• Chr 53:17
• Chr 55:15
• Isa 5:14 - KJV wording: HELL, Hebrew: Sheol

• Isa 6:9-10
• [For additional references, browse "EARS BUT NOT HEAR, EYES BUT NOT SEE" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/e.htm.]
• Isa 6:10 - KJV wording: CONVERT - modern translation: turn
• Isa 6:13 - KJV wording: SUBSTANCE - modern translation: stock
• Isa 6:13 - KJV wording: TEIL TREE - modern translation: terebinth

• Isa 7:2 - KJV wording: WOOD - modern translation: forest
• Isa 7:14 - KJV wording: virgin - correct translation of original Hebrew text of Isa 7:14: young woman
• THE WORDS:
• Old Testament Hebrew text of Isa 7:14 uses almah (Strong's Hebrew #05959), meaning 'young woman'
• Old Testament Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew text of Isa 7:14 uses parthenos (Strong's Greek #3933), meaning 'virgin'
• New Testament Greek text of Mat 1:23, which quotes from the Greek Septuagint text of Isa 7:14, also uses parthenos (Strong's Greek #3933), meaning 'virgin'
• EXPLANATION
• The original text of Isa 7:14 was written in Hebrew in the 8th century B.C. Almost 500 years later, between 285-246 B.C., a Greek translation of the original Hebrew Bible was made, which is known as the Septuagint. That Greek Septuagint was the Bible of the early Christians. The original Greek text of Mat 1:23 quoted from the Greek Septuagint text of Isa 7:14. The difficulty with Mat 1:23 arises, because the Greek Septuagint had mistranslated the Hebrew text of Isa 7:14. The original 8th century Hebrew text had used the Hebrew word almah (Strong's Hebrew #05959), which simply means "young woman." The 3rd century Greek Septuagint incorrectly translated the Hebrew word almah as the Greek word parthenos (Strong's Greek #3933), which means 'virgin' or 'unmarried girl.'
• SUMMARY
• The original Hebrew text of Isa 7:14 should be correctly translated as 'young woman' rather than 'virgin.' The Greek text of Mat 1:23 should be correctly translated as 'virgin.'
• ORIGINAL CONTEXT OF ISA 7:14
• To read a more detailed textual commentary that also explains this verse in its original context, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/versecom/isa07v14.htm.
• Isa 7:14 - Immanuel
• To read a response to a question about "Immanuel" as it relates to Jesus' name, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/qa/qa028.htm.
• Isa 7:14
• Mat 1:23
• S&H xi:9-21
• S&H 107:1-10
• Mis 103:24
• Mis 331:25
• My 218:5-8
• Isa 7:15 - eat curds and honey (NRSV) or drinking milk and eating honey (TEV)
• To read textual commentary on this verse, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/versecom/isa07v14.htm.
• See also the commentary at http://www.bibletexts.com/versecom/isa07v14.htm, which significantly explores and clarifies Isa 7:14.
• See also The Interpreter's Bible, Volume 5, pages 217-220.

• Isa 8:16 - KJV wording: LAW - alternative translation: teaching
• Isa 8:19 - KJV wording: PEEP - alternative translation: chirp
• Isa 8:19
• 2Ki 1:3
• S&H 70:0
• Isa 8:21 - KJV wording: HARDLY BESTEAD - modern translation: sorely distressed

• Isa 9:1 - KJV wording: NEVERTHELESS THE DIMMNESS SHALL NOT BE SUCH AS WAS IN HER VEXATION, WHEN AT THE FIRST HE LIGHTLY AFFLICTED THE LAND OF ZEBULUN, AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI, AND AFTERWARD DID MORE GRIEVOUSLY AFFLICT HER BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, BEYOND JORDAN, IN GALILEE OF THE NATIONS, - alternative translation: But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
• Isa 9:2
• Luk 1:79
• Chr 53:9
• Chr 55:10
• Isa 9:5 - KJV wording: FOR EVERY BATTLE OF THE WARRIOR IS WITH CONFUSED NOISE, AND GARMENTS ROLLED IN BLOOD; BUT THIS SHALL BE WITH BURNING AND FUEL OF FIRE. - alternative translation: For all the armor of the armed man is in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.
• Isa 9:6 - KJV wording: Wonderful , Counselor - correct punctuation: Wonderful Counselor
• Isa 9:6 - the Mighty God

  • Internationally respected Old Testament scholar Otto Kaiser (Old Testament Library: Isaiah 1-12, translated by R.A. Wilson, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1972, pages 128-130) brings a lot of clarification to the meaning of this verse when he writes the following:

[6] The enthronement of the saviour king... The night of liberation is followed by the day of coronation. The herald comes to those who have been set free with the news that a descendant of David has ascended the throne, his rule once again including the whole people of the twelve tribes. 'To us a child is born.' But as Ps. 2.7 clearly shows, this is no more than an expression for the adoption of the king by God in the moment in which which he ascends the throne. In the case of this king all the enthronement ceremonies are more than an ideal meant to be achieved later, but never in fact attained. They are simply a further testimony of what God has already brought to reality through him: the government has been given to him. As a sign of this the sceptre lies upon his shoulder (cf. Ps. 110:2). And the titles he bears, which set out the programme for his reign and promise him good fortune, are given to him by his father when he is raised to the status of a son: He who plans wonders; Mighty God; Everlasting Father; Prince of Peace... The first name signifies that his king will need no outside advice and that his own plans, which extend to the whole world, will attain their goal, because God guides his thoughts (cf. 25:1; Ps. 20:4). The second emphasizes the fulness of his power and is reminiscent of the 'spirit of heroic virtue' (11:; cf. also Pss. 20:6; 21:1,13). Only here and in Ps. 45:6 is the king referred to as 'god' in the Old Testament. The concept of the king as the son of God in physical terms, which is found particularly in Egypt, was transformed in Jerusalem, according to Pss. 2.7; 89:26f.; and II Sam. 7:14, into a relationship of father and child that derived from an act of adoption. The meaning of this name is unequivocal: it describes the king as the legitimate representative of God upon earth...

• Isa 9:6
• Isa 22:22
• Mic 4:3
• Mic 5:1
• S&H 109:26
• Mis 161:15
• Mis 164:17
• Mis 166:10
• Mis 167:21
• Mis 168:17
• Mis 321:3,4
• Mis 370:10
• Isa 9:7
• 2Sa 7:12,13
• Psa 72:3,4
• Isa 11:1-5
• Luk 1:32
• Isa 9:15 - KJV wording: ANCIENTS: elders

• Isa 10:14 - KJV wording: PEEP(ED) - modern translation: chirped
• Isa 10:23 - KJV wording: FOR THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS SHALL MAKE A CONSUMPTION, EVEN DETERMINED, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE LAND. - alternative translation: For a decree of destruction shall the Lord God of hosts make in the midst of the earth.
• Isa 10:28 - KJV wording: CARRIAGE(S) - modern translation: baggage

• Isa 11:1 - KJV wording: ROD - alternative translation: shoot
• Isa 11:1 - KJV wording: STEM - alternative translation: stock
• Isa 11:4 - KJV wording: REPROVE - alternative translation: decide
• Isa 11:5

• The Old Testament Library: Isaiah 1-12, by Otto Kaiser (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1972, pages 156-162) explains the truly prophetic nature of Isaiah's message:

[10.33-34] ...The king and the people , who do not believe, will not endure (7.9).

[11.1-5] The righteous ruler of the future. But the judgment is not God's last word. Behind it lies his purpose of salvation, his resolve to consummate the work he has begun. Of course the royal house itself is condemned to ruin. but just as David was once chosen in a truly miraculous way from the insignificant family of Jesse (cf. I Sam. 16:1-13; II Sam 7:18) to receive the highest honour, once again a new shoot will spring up from the root stump of the family, a second David (v.1). Just as the spirit of Yahweh once rested upon David (cf. I Sam. 16:13; II Sam. 23.2 f.), the second David will also be equipped for his office by the spirit, which will bring about agreement between the will of God and that of the king (v.2). [page 157]

Christian faith has always asserted that the prophetic oracles concerning the future king from the time of David were fufilled in Jesus of Nazareth... Because it is God's creation, it will not relapse into nothingess; it will itself be transformed and consummated (cf. Rom. 8:19-22; Rev. 21:1). [page 162]

• Isa 11:6
• Isa 65:25
• S&H 514:18-25
• Mis 145:18
• Isa 11:8 - KJV wording: COCKATRICE' - alternative translation: adder's

• Isa 12:2 - KJV wording: For the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song - alternative translation: for my strength and my song is "Yah Yahweh" {or: "Yah Jevohah" or "the Lord Jehovah"}.
• YHWH or Yahweh is the Hebrew tetragram that refers to God. It is translated in the KJV as either Jehovah or the Lord. Yah is the first syllable of Yahweh. It is a ceremonial word that simply means, "the Lord."

• The Preliminary and Interim Report on the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, Vol. 4 (New York: United Bible Societies, 1979, page 28) notes regarding Zim-rahth, the Hebrew word translated by the KJV translators as "song",

  See the same textual problem in Ex 15:2 and in Ps 118:14... Zim-rahth may mean song or strength. The expression may therefore be intrepreted either "my might and my song is the Lord" or "my might and my strength is the Lord."

• Otto Kaiser (Old Testament Library: Isaiah 1-12, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1972, page 166-167) notes regarding Yahweh:

  The tetragram is presumably to be regarded... as an explanatory marginal gloss, which came into the text later... The unknown editor to whom we owe the preservation of the words of the prophet Isaiah seeks to assure the congregation of the second temple, sorely tried by the troubles of their own time, that the prophecies of the coming empire of the king of peace, of which they have just heard (cf. 11.1-6), will certainly be fulfilled. In that day, the coming of which God alone knows, they will experience the grace of God in such overwhelming fullness, that as in the Exodus from Egypt (cf. Ex. 15} they will sing their hymn of thanksgiving (vv. 1-2) from a full heart, and in a song of praise (vv 4-6) glorify the name of their God before the whole world.}

• Isa 12:2
• Exo 15:2
• Isa 12:2,3 - fear not
• To read additional texts on "FEAR NOT," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/fear-not.htm.
• Isa 12:3
• Isa 55:1
• Zec 13:1
• Isa 12:4 - THE PEOPLE - alternative translation: the nations {Hebrew literally: the peoples}
• Isa 12:4
• 1Ch 16:8
• Psa 105:1
• Isa 13:12 - KJV wording: MORE PRECIOUS - modern translation: rarer

• Isa 13:21 - KJV wording: OWL(S) - modern translation: ostrich(es)
• Isa 13:21 - KJV wording: SATYR(S) - modern translation: wild goat(s)
• Isa 13:22 - KJV wording: DRAGONS - modern translation: jackals

• Isa 14:8 - KJV wording: FELLER - modern translation: hewer
• Isa 14:9 - KJV wording: HELL, Hebrew: Sheol
• Isa 14:11 - KJV wording: THE GRAVE, Hebrew: Sheol
• Isa 14:12 - KJV wording: LUCIFER - alternative translation: Day-star
• Isa 14:15 - KJV wording: HELL <07585> - alternative translation: Sheol (Hebrew)
• Isa 14:29 - KJV wording: COCKATRICE or': adder's
• Isa 14:31 - KJV wording: AND NONE SHALL BE ALONE IN HIS APPOINTED TIMES - alternative translation: and there is no straggler in his ranks

• Isa 15:1 - KJV wording: BURDEN - alternative translation: oracle

• Isa 16:1 - KJV wording: LAMB TO - modern translation: lambs for
• Isa 16:11 - KJV wording: BOWELS - modern translation: heart

• Isa 17:5 - KJV wording: CORN - modern translation: grain

• Isa 18:2 - KJV wording: SCATTERED - modern translation: tall
• Isa 18:4 - KJV wording: TAKE MY REST - modern translation: be silent
• Isa 18:7 - KJV wording: SCATTERED - modern translation: tall

• Isa 19:18 - KJV wording: destruction - alternative translation: the sun

• Isa 20:6 - KJV wording: ISLE(S) - modern translation: coast-land(s)

• Isa 21:10 - KJV wording: CORN - modern translation: grain
• Isa 21:14 - KJV wording: THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND OF TEMA BROUGHT WATER TO HIM THAT WAS THIRSTY, THEY PREVENTED WITH THEIR BREAD HIM THAT FLED. - alternative translation: Unto him that is thristy bring ye water; ye inhabitants of the land of Tema, meet the fugitives with their bread.
• Isa 21:14 - KJV wording: PREVENT(ED) - modern translation: met

• Isa 22:8 - KJV wording: DISCOVER(ED)(ETH)(ING) - modern translation: removed
• Isa 22:11 - KJV wording: DITCH - modern translation: reservoir
• Isa 22:15-20 - Shebna
  • To read more about Shebna, see http://www.bibletexts.com/glossary/shebna.htm

• Isa 22:25 - KJV wording: BE REMOVED - modern translation: give way

• Isa 23:2 - KJV wording: ISLE(S) - modern translation: coast-land(s)
• Isa 23:14 - KJV wording: STRENGTH - modern translation: stronghold
• Isa 23:15 - KJV wording: SHALL TYRE SING AS A HARLOT - alternative translation: it shall be unto Tyre as in the song of a harlot
• Isa 23:18 - KJV wording: DURABLE - modern translation: stately

• Isa 24:2 - KJV wording: USURY - modern translation: interest
• Isa 24:6 - KJV wording: DESOLATE - modern translation: found guilty
• Isa 24:8 - KJV wording: TABRET(S) - modern translation: timbrel(s)
• Isa 24:15 - KJV wording: ISLE(S) - modern translation: coast-land(s)
• Isa 24:19 - KJV wording: CLEAN - modern translation: completely
• Isa 24:20 - KJV wording: BE REMOVED - modern translation: sway
• Isa 24:23 - KJV wording: ANCIENT(S) - modern translation: elder(s)

• Isa 25:4 - KJV wording: STRENGTH - modern translation: stronghold
• Isa 25:5 - KJV wording: BRANCH - modern translation: song
• Isa 25:8 - He will swallow up death

• Otto Kaiser (Old Testament Library: Isaiah 13-39, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1974, page 199-201) notes regarding verses 8 that the phrase, " 'He will destroy death for ever' is, as is generally recognized, a later interpolation...," but he further explains:

  A later redactor has correctly interpreted the preceding verses when he adds that God will abolish death itself, the fate which man must must suffer; for as long as people die, there can be no end to mourning and suffering upon the earth. The apostle Paul and the author of the Revelation of John seem to some extent to have agreed with him by using this phrase, or the whole verse, to express the Christian hope of eternal life and the ultimate abolition of death (cf. I Cor. 15.54 and Rev 21.4).

• Isa 25:8 - KJV wording: in victory - corrected translation: forever
• Isa 25:8
• 1Co 15:55
• Rev 7:17
• Isa 25:9
• Psa 48:15

• Isa 26:3
• My 290:14
• Isa 26:4 - KJV wording: STRENGTH - modern translation: rock

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• Isa 28:7 - KJV wording: HAVE ERRED THROUGH - modern translation: reel with
• Isa 28:9 - KJV wording: DOCTRINE - modern translation: the message
• Isa 28:10
• Mis 32:10
• S&H 465:-1
• Isa 28:15 - KJV wording: HELL, Hebrew: Sheol
• Isa 28:16
• My 16:24
• Isa 28:17 - KJV wording: LAY TO - modern translation: make
• Isa 28:17
• S&H 403:20
• '02 20:13
• My 16:28
• My 111:10
• Isa 28:18 - KJV wording: HELL, Hebrew: Sheol
• Isa 28:22 - KJV wording: CONSUMPTION - modern translation: destruction
• Isa 28:25 - KJV wording: THE APPOINTED BARLEY - alternative translation: barley in the
• Isa 28:28 - KJV wording: CORN - modern translation: grain

• Isa 29:7 - KJV wording: MUNITION(S) - modern translation: stronghold
• Isa 29:9
• Mis 325:7

• Isa 30:1 - KJV wording: COVER WITH A COVERING - modern translation: poor out a drink
• Isa 30:6 - KJV wording: BUNCHES - modern translation: humps
• Isa 30:7 - KJV wording: CRIED CONCERNING THIS, THEIR STRENGTH IS TO SIT STILL - alternative translation: called her, Rahab that sitteth still
• Isa 30:12 - KJV wording: STAY - modern translation: rely
• Isa 30:21
• Deu 5:32
• Isa 30:24 - KJV wording: EAR(ED)(ING) - modern translation: plow(ed)(ing)
• Isa 30:28 - KJV wording: VANITY - modern translation: destruction
• Isa 30:32 - KJV wording: TABRET(S) - modern translation: timbrel(s)

• Isa 31:1 - KJV wording: STAY - modern translation: rely
• Isa 31:8 - KJV wording: BE DISCOMFITED - modern translation: become tributary

• Isa 32:2 - KJV wording: RIVERS - alternative translation: streams
• Isa 32:2
• Mis 144:15
• Mis 263:9
• Pul 20:19
• Isa 32:3 - KJV wording: DIM: closed
• Isa 32:3 - KJV wording: HEARKEN: listen
• Isa 32:3-4 - ears but not hear, eyes but not see
• For additional references, browse "Ears but not hear, eyes but not see" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/e.htm.
• Isa 32:4
• Isa 32:3-4

• Isa 33:16 - KJV wording: MUNITIONS: stronghold
• Isa 33:24
• Zec 12:8

• Isa 34:7 - KJV wording: UNICORN(S) - modern translation: wild ox(en)
• Isa 34:13 - KJV wording: DRAGONS - modern translation: jackals
• Isa 34:13 - KJV wording: OWL(S) - modern translation: ostrich(es)
• Isa 34:14 - KJV wording: SATYR(S) - modern translation: wild goat(s)

• Isa 35:3
• Heb 12:12
• Isa 35:5
• Isa 29:18
• Isa 35:7 - KJV wording: DRAGONS - alternative translation: jackals
• Isa 35:10 - KJV wording: AND COME TO ZION WITH SONGS AND EVERLASTING JOY UPON THEIR HEADS - alternative translation: They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. {TrV}
• Isa 35:10
• Isa 51:11
• Rev 21:4
• My 171:3

• Isa 36:11 - KJV wording: SYRIAN - modern translation: Aramaic
• Isa 36:17 - KJV wording: CORN - modern translation: grain

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• Isa 38:1-22 - King Hezekiah's illness and recovery
  • Parallel descriptions of King Hezekiah's illness and recovery are found at:
    • 2Ki 20:1-11

    • 2Ch 32:24-26

• Isa 38:21,22 - Verses 21 and 22, which are corroborated in 2Ki 20:7,8, contribute to a more complete understanding of Hezekiah's story and require some explanation for those reading the entire account in context. Verses 21 and 22 actually describe events that took place prior to Hezekiah's healing. Some ancient manuscripts omit these verses. Some modern annotated translations (NRSV, see below) comment that they belong immediately after Isa 38:6, and some modern translations (NAB, NJB, REB, TEV) move them immediately after Isa 38:6. To understand the chronology and biblical details of Hezekiah's healing, it is recommended that you read the entire chapter, Isa 38:1-22, in the NAB (New American Bible), NJB (New Jerusalam Bible), REB (Revised English Bible), TEV (Today's English Version), or another modern translation that revises the order of the verses. You may also read it understandingly in the NRSV, if you read the verses in chapter 38 in the following order: 1-6, 21-22, 7-20, which appears as follows in the TEV:

Isa 38:1 About this time King Hezekiah fell ill and almost died. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to see him and said to him, “The Lord tells you that you are to put everything in order because you will not recover. Get ready to die.” 2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed: 3 “Remember, Lord, that I have served you faithfully and loyally, and that I have always tried to do what you wanted me to.” And he began to cry bitterly. 4 Then the Lord commanded Isaiah 5 to go back to Hezekiah and say to him, “I, the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will let you live fifteen years longer. 6 I will rescue you and this city of Jerusalem from the emperor of Assyria, and I will continue to protect the city.”

Isa 38:21 Isaiah told the king to put a paste made of figs on his boil, and he would get well. 22 Then King Hezekiah asked, “What is the sign to prove that I will be able to go to the Temple?”

Isa 38:7 Isaiah replied, “The Lord will give you a sign to prove that he will keep his promise. 8 On the stairway built by King Ahaz, the Lord will make the shadow go back ten steps.” And the shadow moved back ten steps. 9 After Hezekiah recovered from his illness, he wrote this song of praise:

10 I thought that in the prime of life I was going to the world of the dead, Never to live out my life. 11 I thought that in this world of the living I would never again see the Lord or any living person. 12 My life was cut off and ended, like a tent that is taken down, like cloth that is cut from a loom. I thought that God was ending my life. 13 All night I cried out with pain, as if a lion were breaking my bones. I thought that God was ending my life. 14 My voice was thin and weak, and I moaned like a dove. My eyes grew tired from looking to heaven. Lord, rescue me from all this trouble. 15 What can I say? The Lord has done this. My heart is bitter, and I cannot sleep.

16 Lord, I will live for you, for you alone; Heal me and let me live. 17 My bitterness will turn into peace. You save my life from all danger; You forgive all my sins. 18 No one in the world of the dead can praise you; the dead cannot trust in your faithfulness. 19 It is the living who praise you, as I praise you now. Parents tell their children how faithful you are. 20 Lord, you have healed me. We will play harps and sing your praise, sing praise in your Temple as long as we live.

• The HarperCollins Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version (annotated by the Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1993) comments: "These verses would fit better between vv. 6 and 7 (see 2 Kings 20.7-8)"
• The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version (edited by Bruce M. Metzger and Roland E. Murphy, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994) comments: "These verses belong between vv. 6-7."

• For some additional details, see Preliminary and Interim Report on the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, Vol. 4, page 99 (New York: United Bible Societies, 1979) and Old Testament Library: Isaiah 13-39, pages 400-407, by Otto Kaiser (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1974). In addition to his detailed scholarly commentary on chapter 38, he offers the following insightful conclusion regarding this story about Hezekiah:

Whenever we look away from ourselves to God, we are set free, and a new beginning together is made possible.

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• Isa 40:4 - KJV wording: EXALTED - alternative translation: raised up
• Isa 40:4 - KJV wording: CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT - alternative translation: uneven ground shall become level
• Isa 40:7 - KJV wording: SPIRIT - modern translation: breath
• Isa 40:8
• Psa 119:89
• Luk 21:33
• 1Pe 1:24,25
• Isa 40:9 - KJV wording: O ZION, THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS... O JERUSALEM, THAT BRINGETH GOOD TIDINGS - alternative translation: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion... O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem (ABS Translators' Version)
• Isa 40:10 - KJV wording: WORK - alternative translation: recompense
• Isa 40:10
• Isa 62:11
• Isa 40:11
• Joh 10:11
• Isa 40:13
• Rom 11:34
• 1Co 2:16
• Isa 40:20 - KJV wording: CUNNING - modern translation: skilful
• Isa 40:26
• Gen 1:14-18
• Psa 147:4
• Isa 40:26 - KJV wording: NOT ONE FAILETH - modern translation: not one of them is missing
• Isa 40:31
• S&H 218:27
• S&H 254:3
• Mis 364:5

• Isa 41:7 - KJV wording: SAYING, IT IS READY FOR THE SOLDERING - alternative translation: saying of the soldering, It is good
• Isa 41:9 - KJV wording: CHIEF MEN - modern translation: corners
• Isa 41:10 - fear not
• To read additional texts on "FEAR NOT," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/fear-not.htm.
• Isa 41:19 - KJV wording: SHITTAH - alternative translation: acacia

• Isa 42:5
• Gen 1:1-31
• Isa 42:7 - open the blind eyes
• To explore additional references in the Bible and other writings, browse "Open the blind eyes" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/o.htm#open-blind-eyes.
• Isa 42:7 - bring out from the prison/darkness
• To explore additional references in the Bible and other writings, browse "Bring out from the prison/darkness" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/b.htm#bring-out-from.
• Isa 42:8 - KJV wording: graven images - modern translation: idols (literally: carved images)
• Isa 42:8
• Exo 3:15
• Isa 48:11
• Isa 42:11 - KJV wording: rock - alternative translation: Sela
• Isa 42:16
• My 140:1
• Isa 42:17 - KJV wording: graven images - alternative translation: idols (literally: carved images)
• Isa 42:17
• Isa 44:11
• Psa 97:7
• Isa 42:23 - KJV wording: for the time to come - alternative translation: from now on {TEV}

• Isa 43:1 - fear not
• To read additional texts on "FEAR NOT," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/fear-not.htm.
• Isa 43:1
• My 193:27
• Isa 43:2
• Exo 14:21
• Psa 66:12
• Dan 3:25-27
• Isa 43:3
• Isa 41:14
• Isa 43:6 - KJV wording: GIVE UP - alternative translation: give them up
• Isa 43:6 - KJV wording: KEEP NOT BACK - alternative translation: do not hold them back
• Isa 43:10,12 - witnesses
• Isa 43:10-13
• S&H 149:31
• Mis 150:21
• Isa 43:20 - KJV wording: DRAGONS - modern translation: jackals
• Isa 43:20 - KJV wording: OWL(S) - modern translation: ostrich(es)
• Isa 43:25 - forgiveness of sins
• To explore additional biblical and other references to this topic, browse "FORGIVENESS OF SINS" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/f.htm#forgiveness-of-sins.
• To explore other references and webpage articles on Christian forgiveness, browse http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/christianforgiveness.htm.

• Isa 44:2 - fear not
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• Isa 44:6
• Isa 41:4
• Isa 43:11

• Isa 45:5,6
• Exo 20:3
• Mis 97:18
• Isa 45:7
• S&H 540:5
• Isa 45:12 - made the earth
  • To explore additional references, browse "GOD MADE THEM ALL" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/g.htm.
• Isa 45:19
• Isa 48:16
• Isa 45:22
• My 282:3
• Isa 45:24
• Jer 23:6

• Isa 46:1 - KJV wording: CARRIAGE(S) - modern translation: the things that you carried about

• Isa 47:6 - KJV wording: ANCIENT(S) - modern translation: elder(s)
• Isa 47:6 - KJV wording: POLLUTED (POLLUTING) - modern translation: profaned (profaning)

• Isa 48:18
• Mis 268:8

• Isa 49:4 - KJV wording: WORK - modern translation: recompense
• Isa 49:5 - KJV wording: THOUGH ISRAEL BE NOT GATHERED, YET SHALL I BE GLORIOUS IN THE EYES OF THE LORD AND MY GOD SHALL BE MY STRENGTH - alternative translation: and that Israel be gathered unto him -- for I am honorable in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength
• Isa 49:13
• Isa 44:23
• Isa 49:15
• Gen 21:16
• 1Ki 3:26
• Jer 31:20
• S&H 60:8
• Isa 49:21 - KJV wording: REMOVING - modern translation: wandering

• Isa 50:4 - KJV wording: AS THE LEARNED - alternative translation: as one being taught (or: as a disciple or as a student)
• Isa 50:4 - KJV wording: THAT I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SPEAK A WORD IN SEASON TO HIM THAT IS WEARY - alternative translation: to know how to help the weary with a word
• Isa 50:4 - KJV wording: HE WAKENETH MORNING BY MORNING, HE WAKENETH MINE EAR TO HEAR AS THE LEARNED - alternative translation: every morning he makes me eager to hear what he is going to teach me {TEV}
• Isa 50:5 - KJV wording: NEITHER TURNED AWAY BACK - alternative translation: I did not turn away from him (Hebrew literally: I did not turn my back backwards)
• Isa 50:5
• Psa 40:7
• Isa 50:10 - KJV wording: FEARETH - alternative translation: honors (or: reveres)
• Isa 50:10 - KJV wording: STAY - alternative translation: rely

• Isa 51:3 - KJV wording: Zion <06726> - modern translation: Jerusalem
• Though the Hebrew word is pronounced tsee-yone, which is pretty closely represented by the word Zion, it refers to either (1) the city of Jerusalem, (2) a southeastern part of Jerusalem, or (3) symbolically to the people of Jerusalem.
• Isa 51:3 - KJV wording: waste places <02723> - modern translation: ruins
• Isa 51:3 - KJV wording: wilderness <04057> - modern translation: uninhabited tracts of land
• Hebrew: midbar. This word is explained by Brown, Driver, and Briggs (Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, London: Oxford, 1978, page 184) as meaning, "1. tracks of land, used for the pasturage of flocks and herds..., 2. uninhabited land..., 3. large tracts of such land bearing various names, in certain districts of which there might be towns and cities."
• Isa 51:3 - KJV wording: desert <06160> - modern translation: desert-plateau (or: desert-plain)
• Isa 51:3 - KJV wording: voice <06963> of melody <02172> - modern translation: sound of singing
• Isa 51:5
• Isa 42:4
• Isa 51:11
• Isa 35:10
• Isa 51:12
• Psa 56:5
• Mat 10:28
• Isa 40:1,6
• Isa 51:13 - KJV wording: AND FORGETTEST THE LORD THY MAKER, THAT HATH STRETCHED FORTH THE HEAVENS, AND LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH; AND HAST FEARED CONTINUALLY EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF THE FURY OF THE OPPRESSOR, AS IF HE WERE READY TO DESTROY? - modern translation: You have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor? {NRSV}
• Isa 51:13
• Isa 44:24
• Isa 51:14 - KJV wording: THE CAPTIVE EXILE HASTENETH THAT HE MAY BE LOOSED, AND THAT HE SHOULD NOT DIE IN THE PIT, NOR THAT HIS BREAD SHOULD NOT FAIL. - modern translation: The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

• Isa 52:2 - KJV wording: Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. . - modern translation: Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion. {TrV}
• Isa 52:2 - captive daughter of Zion

• Clause Westermann writes (Old Testament Library: Isaiah 40-66, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1969, page 247):

• Although it is Zion-Jerusalem that is actually addressed as 'captive' in v. 2a and b..., the people whom the prophet has chiefly in mind are the exiles -- he often gives them the name Zion. In 1 a, b and c, however, he is obviously thinking rather of the city. The loosing of the bonds does not then relate to the city but to the exiles.

• Isa 52:7 - KJV wording: GOOD TIDINGS - modern translation: good news
• Isa 52:7 - KJV wording: PUBLISHETH - modern translation: proclaim
• Isa 52:7
• Isa 41:27
• Nah 2:1
• Rom 10:15
• S&H 442:14,15
• Ret 45:3
• My 184:26
• Isa 52:9 - KJV wording: BREAK FORTH INTO JOY, SING TOGETHER - modern translation: Break out into singing together
• Isa 52:10 - KJV wording: HATH MADE BARE - modern translation: hath bared
• Isa 52:13 - KJV wording: EXTOLLED - modern translation: lifted up

• Isa 53:1
• S&H 24:11
• Mis 183:20
• Un 39:9
• Isa 53:3
• S&H 20:16
• S&H 42:9
• S&H 52:13
• S&H 52:19
• Mis 84:14
• Un 55:4
• Isa 53:4
• S&H 49:32
• Isa 53:5
• S&H 20:15
• Mis 3:12
• Mis 260:2
• Un 55:7
• Isa 53:7
• S&H 48:19
• S&H 50:1
• S&H 564:18
• Isa 53:8
• S&H 50:3

• Isa 54:6 - KJV wording: woman - alternative translation: wife
• Isa 54:14 - fear not
• To read additional texts on "FEAR NOT," browse http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/fear-not.htm.
• Isa 54:16 - KJV wording: instrument - alternative translation: weapon

• Isa 55:1
• S&H 13:3
• Mis 148:29
• Ret 41:5
• '02 15:8
• My .05:17
• Isa 55:7
• S&H 139:1
• S&H 239:14
• Isa 55:8
• Rom 11:33
• Isa 55:11
• My 13:32
• Isa 55:12
• Isa 44:23
• Isa 55:13
• Isa 41:19,20

• Isa 56:2 - KJV wording: POLLUTED (POLLUTING) - modern translation: profaned (profaning)
• Isa 56:6 - KJV wording: POLLUTED (POLLUTING) - modern translation: profaned (profaning)

• Isa 57:6 - KJV wording: MEAT: meal
• Isa 57:8 - KJV wording: DISCOVER(ED)(ETH)(ING) - modern translation: uncover(ed)(ing)
• Isa 57:9 - KJV wording: HELL, Hebrew: Sheol
• Isa 57:13 - KJV wording: VANITY - modern translation: a breath
• Isa 57:15 - HUMBLE/CONTRITE SPIRIT
• [For additional references in the Bible and other writings, browse "HUMBLE/CONTRITE SPIRIT" and "HUMBLE...EXALTED" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/h.htm.]

• Isa 58:1
• Po 71:22
• Isa 58:13 - KJV wording: HIM - alternative translation: it

• Isa 59:1
• Mis 170:30-10
• Isa 59:5 - KJV wording: COCKATRICE' - modern translation: adder's
• Isa 59:14
• Mis 274:16
• Isa 59:15-20 - commentaries with important explanations
  • The Interpreter's Bible, Volume 5, edited by George Arthur Buttrick (Nashville: Abingdon, 1956, pages 694-696)
  • The Old Testament Library: Isaiah 40-66, by Claus Westermann (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1969, pages 349-352)
  • The Oxford Bible Commentary, edited by John Barton and John Muddiman (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, page 481), which comments:

  [59:15b-19] YHWH's response to these troubles is now set out. This describes YHWH as the Divine Warrior, an image running through much of the HB from Ex 15:3 on, and frequently used in Isaiah (e.g. 51:9-11). Here the conflict is spelt out in greater detail. The threat to peace is found in the lack of justice; there is no one else to intervene, so YHWH himself, pictured as clad like a warrior, brings a retribution which will be acknowledged in world-wide terms (Hanson 1979: 124). The wording provided the author of Ephesians with the basis for his picture of the Christian's warfare, but it is a theme which was to have an ominous future in the history of religion, as various fanatical groups have identified themselves with God's supposedly warlike purposes.

  • Isaiah 40-66 (Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching), by Paul D. Hanson (Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1995, pages 211-217). Hanson's commentary is especially insightful, comprehensive, and applicable. Some excerpts are below.

  Ever guiding the classical prophets and Jesus was the vision of that final day when all nations would acknowledge God's sovereignty, thereby introducing an era of universal peace. But the appropriate preparation for that day was found in the daily task of doing justice and loving kindness and walking humbly with God in the here and now...

  Whether the intractibility of evil encountered takes the form of powerful foreign oppressors ... or the compatriots of Isaiah who act "as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness," it can batter the lives of those seeking to live in faithful obedience unto the point of despair. Precisely at that point, where there seems to be no earthly possibility of foreseeing the victory of righteousness over evil, the apocalyptic vision offers its defiant affirmation that, although "there was no one to intervene," the victory was still assured... With uncompromising clarity, it makes the affirmation of God's universal sovereignty and the irreducibly trancendent nature of the destiny intended by God for all those created in the divine image. [p. 214]

  In arguing for the participation of prophetic voices in the formulation of the values upon which we base our personal and communal lives, we are not overlooking the implied complexity and dangers. David Koresh and Jim Jones were regarded as prophets by their followers. The community of faith that intends to add its voice to public debate must follow very stringent rules, including rigorous study of its beliefs and their sources, self-criticism and openness to criticism offered by other traditions, awareness of relevant scientific research, and a global consciousness... Only communities of faith that observe such strict standards of self-regulation, criticism, and rigorous reflection will contribute to the preservation of a perspective that transcends personal, partisan, and national self-interest. [p. 215]

  In the case of communities growing out of biblical tradition, the courage to speak with impartiality at times when popular opinion is being swayed by materialistic individualism, myopic expediency, racism, sexism,economic elitism, or nationalistic self-interest will be fostered by the prophetic tradition of which Isaiah 59 is a part, and especially by the central reality of the God of compassionate justice. [p. 216]

• Isa 59:19 - KJV wording: the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him - corrected translation: he [the Lord] will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the LORD drives.
  • The KJV's mistranslates the Hebrew word sar <Strong's #6862> as "enemy;" whereas, modern translations correctly and consistently translate it as "rushing" or "pent up," as an adjective for the preceding Hebrew word nahar, <Strong's #5104>, meaning "stream," which the KJV translates as "flood." Sar here literally means "narrow." As described by John E. Hartley (Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, edited R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, Chicago: Moody Press, 1980, page 779):

    A narrow river has a rushing current (Isa 59:19).

    The KJV then goes on to mistranslate the Hebrew word nus <Strong's #5127> as "shall lift up a standard;" whereas, modern translations correctly and consistently translate it as "drives." As explained by James Muilenburg (The Interpreter's Bible, Volume 5, edited by George Arthur Buttrick (Nashville: Abingdon, 1956, page 696):

  19. God appears in a mighty and universal theophany (cf. 40:5; 60:1-2; 66:18-19). Clothed in his mantle of awful fury and the intensity of his zeal (vs. 17), he comes in judgment like a pent-up stream that breaks through its channels and is driven on by the mighty wind of Yahweh [a.k.a., Jehovah, the Lord]. A parallel may be found in 30:27-28, which may serve as a guide to its interpretation.

  • Below are translations of this passage from several Bible versions. All major modern Bible versions (ASV, CEV, ESV, Goodspeed, JB, Moffatt, Moulton, NASB, NEB NIV, NJB, NLT, NRSV, REB, Rotherham, RSV, RV, Tanakh) and the primary ancient translations (Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate) are consistent with each other on the translation of this passage. Only the KJV and those that follow the KJV, such as the NKJV, mistranslate this passage.

  KJV (with corrections) - 19 … When the enemy [the Lord] shall come in like a flood, [which] the Spirit [wind] of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him [drives].

  ESV - 19 ...the LORD ... will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the LORD drives.

  NRSV - 19 ...the LORD ... will come like a pent-up stream that the wind of the LORD drives on.

  Tanakh - ...the Lord ... shall come like a hemmed-in stream which the wind of the LORD drives on;

  TEV - "The Lord Prepares to Rescue His People" - 15 There is so little honesty that those who stop doing evil find themselves the victims of crime. The Lord has seen this, and he is displeased that there is no justice. 16 He is astonished to see that there is no one to help the oppressed. So he will use his own power to rescue them and to win the victory. 17 He will wear justice like a coat of armor and saving power like a helmet. He will clothe himself with the strong desire to set things right and to punish and avenge the wrongs that people suffer. 18 He will punish his enemies according to what they have done, even those who live in distant lands. 19 From east to west everyone will fear him and his great power. He will come like a rushing river, like a strong wind. 20 The Lord says to his people, “I will come to Jerusalem to defend you and to save all of you that turn from your sins. 21And I make a covenant with you: I have given you my power and my teachings to be yours for ever, and from now on you are to obey me and teach your children and your descendants to obey me for all time to come.”

• Isa 59:15b-19
  • Isa 59:20
• Isa 59:20

• Rom 11:26,27

• Isa 60:1
• My 183:24
• Isa 60:2 - KJV wording: GROSS DARKNESS - meaning: thick clouds
• Isa 60:17 - KJV wording: EXACTORS - modern translation: taskmasters
• Isa 60:18 - Violence shall no more be heard in your land
  • "Overcoming violence, terrorism, and revenge" (BibleTexts.com topical index) at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/overcomingviolence.htm
  • See also:
    • "Non-violence" (BibleTexts.com topical index) at http://www.bibletexts.com/topical.htm#non-violence
    • "Peacemaking" (BibleTexts.com topical index) at http://www.bibletexts.com/topical.htm#peacemaking
    • Revenge (references and Bible dictionary explanations) at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/revenge.htm
    • "War: Jesus' teachings on war" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/agape-c.htm
    • "War: Early Christians' teachings on war" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/war.htm
    • "War: CS Textbooks' teachings on war" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/war-and-peace-in-textbooks.htm
    • "War: CS historians' analysis of MBE's views on war" at http://www.bibletexts.com/terms/war-and-peace-in-textbooks.htm#cs-historians
• Isa 60:19
• My 206:18

• Isa 61:1
• Isa 11:2
• Mat 11:5
• Luk 4:18,19
• Isa 61:4 - KJV wording: THE OLD WASTES: the ancient ruins
• Isa 61:4 - KJV wording: DESOLATIONS: devastations
• Isa 61:4 - KJV wording: WASTE CITIES: ruined cities
• Isa 61:8 - KJV wording: DIRECT THEIR WORK - modern translation: give them their recompense
• Isa 61:8 - EVERLASTING COVENANT
• Jer 31:31
• Heb 8:8,13
• Heb 12:24
• S&H 33:27
• S&H 255:11-12
• My 177:16

• Isa 62:8 - KJV wording: MEAT - modern translation: food
• Isa 62:11 - KJV wording: WORK - alternative translation: recompense
• Isa 62:11
• Isa 40:9,10
• Zec 9:9

• Isa 63:3
• Mis 301:31
• Un 58:6
• Isa 63:8
• Deu 32:5,20
• Isa 63:9
• Exo 33:14,15
• Isa 63:15 - KJV wording: BOWELS - modern translation: heart

• Isa 64:4 - HAVE NOT HEARD, NOR PERCEIVED BY THE EAR, NEITHER HATH THEY EYE SEEN
• For additional references in the Bible and other writings, browse "EARS BUT NOT HEAR, EYES BUT NOT SEE" at http://www.bibletexts.com/topics/e.htm#eyes-ears-cannot.

• Isa 65:17
• Isa 66:22
• 1 Pet 3:13
• Rev 21:1
• Isa 65:18 - KJV wording: A REJOICING - alternative translation: a delight
• Isa 65:18,19
• Isa 35,:10
• Isa 25:8
• Rev 21:4
• Isa 65:24
• My 186:21
• Isa 65:25 - KJV wording: MEAT - alternative translation: food
• Isa 65:25
• Isa 11:6-9; Gen 3:14

• Isa 66:13
• Psa 131:2