Isaiah 65:4

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Isaiah 65:4 sn Perhaps the worship of underworld deities or dead spirits is in view.
2. Isaiah 65:4 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and in the watches they spend the night.” Some understand נְּצוּרִים (n^etsurim) as referring to “secret places” or “caves,” while others emend the text to וּבֵין צוּרִים (uven tsurim, “between the rocky cliffs”).
3. Isaiah 65:4 tn Heb “the flesh of the pig”; KJV, NAB, NASB “swine’s flesh.”
4. Isaiah 65:4 tc The marginal reading (Qere), supported by the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a, reads מְרַק (m^eraq, “broth”), while the consonantal text (Kethib) has פְרַק (f^eraq, “fragment”).