24:13 This is what will happen throughout 1 the earth,
among the nations.
It will be like when they beat an olive tree,
and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest. 2
25:6 The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. 3
At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine –
tender meat and choicest wine. 4
25:7 On this mountain he will swallow up
the shroud that is over all the peoples, 5
the woven covering that is over all the nations; 6
61:9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,
their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize that
the Lord has blessed them.” 7
62:10 Come through! Come through the gates!
Prepare the way for the people!
Build it! Build the roadway!
Remove the stones!
Lift a signal flag for the nations!
10:14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest,
as one gathers up abandoned eggs,
I gathered up the whole earth.
There was no wing flapping,
or open mouth chirping.” 8
56:7 I will bring them to my holy mountain;
I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. 9
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar,
for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.” 10
1 tn Heb “in the midst of” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).
2 sn The judgment will severely reduce the earth’s population. See v. 6.
3 sn That is, Mount Zion (see 24:23); cf. TEV; NLT “In Jerusalem.”
4 tn Heb “And the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] will make for all the nations on this mountain a banquet of meats, a banquet of wine dregs, meats filled with marrow, dregs that are filtered.”
5 tn The Hebrew text reads, “the face of the shroud, the shroud over all the nations.” Some emend the second הַלּוֹט (hallot) to a passive participle הַלּוּט (hallut, “that is wrapped”).
6 sn The point of the imagery is unclear. Perhaps the shroud/covering referred to was associated with death in some way (see v. 8).
7 tn Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”
9 sn The Assyrians’ conquests were relatively unopposed, like robbing a bird’s nest of its eggs when the mother bird is absent.
11 tn Heb “in the house of my prayer.”
12 tn Heb “for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”