Footnotes

1. Isaiah 52:5 tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”
2. Isaiah 52:5 tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root יָלַל (yalal, “howl”), perhaps here in the sense of “mock.” Some emend the form to יְהוֹלָלוֹ (y^eholalo) and understand a Polel form of the root הָלַל meaning here “mock, taunt.”
3. Isaiah 52:5 tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, ת) from the root נָאַץ (naʾats), but GKC 151-52 §55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.
4. Isaiah 52:6 tn The verb is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
5. Isaiah 52:6 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
6. Isaiah 52:7 tn Heb “How delightful on the mountains.”
7. Isaiah 52:7 tn Or “has become king.” When a new king was enthroned, his followers would give this shout. For other examples of this enthronement formula (Qal perfect third person masculine singular מָלַךְ [malakh], followed by the name of the king), see 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13. The Lord is an eternal king, but here he is pictured as a victorious warrior who establishes his rule from Zion.