Footnotes

1. Isaiah 50:10 tn Heb “[who] listens to the voice of his servant?” The interrogative is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
2. Isaiah 50:10 tn The plural indicates degree. Darkness may refer to exile and/or moral evil.
3. Isaiah 50:11 tc Several more recent commentators have proposed an emendation of מְאַזְּרֵי (m^eʾazz^ere, “who put on”) to מְאִירִי (m^eʾiri, “who light”). However, both Qumran scrolls of Isaiah and the Vulgate support the MT reading (cf. NIV, ESV).
4. Isaiah 50:11 tn On the meaning of זִיקוֹת (ziqot, “flaming arrows”), see HALOT 268 s.v. זִיקוֹת.
5. Isaiah 50:11 tn The imperative is probably rhetorical and has a predictive force.
6. Isaiah 50:11 tn Or perhaps, “flame” (so ASV).
7. Isaiah 50:11 sn Perhaps the servant here speaks to his enemies and warns them that they will self-destruct.
8. Isaiah 50:11 tn Heb “from my hand” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
9. Isaiah 50:11 sn The imagery may be that of a person who becomes ill and is forced to lie down in pain on a sickbed. Some see this as an allusion to a fiery place of damnation because of the imagery employed earlier in the verse.