Isaiah 30:1-2

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Isaiah 30:1 tn Or “stubborn” (NCV); cf. NIV “obstinate.”
2. Isaiah 30:1 tn Heb “Woe [to] rebellious children.”
3. Isaiah 30:1 tn Heb “making a plan, but not from me.”
4. Isaiah 30:1 tn Heb “and pouring out a libation, but not [from] my spirit.” This translation assumes that the verb נָסַךְ (nasakh) means “pour out,” and that the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה (massekhah) means “libation.” In this case “pouring out a libation” alludes to a ceremony that formally ratifies an alliance. Another option is to understand the verb נָסַךְ as a homonym meaning “weave,” and the cognate noun מַסֵּכָה as a homonym meaning “covering.” In this case forming an alliance is likened to weaving a garment.
5. Isaiah 30:1 tn Heb “consequently adding sin to sin.”
6. Isaiah 30:2 tn Heb “those who go to descend to Egypt, but [of] my mouth they do not inquire.”
7. Isaiah 30:2 tn Heb “to seek protection in the protection of Pharaoh, and to seek refuge in the shade of Egypt.”