14:11 Your splendor 1 has been brought down to Sheol,
as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. 2
You lie on a bed of maggots,
with a blanket of worms over you. 3
43:4 Since you are precious and special in my sight, 4
and I love you,
I will hand over people in place of you,
nations in place of your life.
43:3 For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 5 your deliverer.
I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,
Ethiopia and Seba 6 in place of you.
1 tn Or “pride” (NCV, CEV); KJV, NIV, NRSV “pomp.”
2 tn Or “harps” (NAB, NIV, NRSV).
3 tn Heb “under you maggots are spread out, and worms are your cover.”
4 tn Heb “Since you are precious in my eyes and you are honored.”
7 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
8 sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.