24:23 The full moon will be covered up, 1
the bright sun 2 will be darkened; 3
for the Lord who commands armies will rule 4
on Mount Zion in Jerusalem 5
in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor. 6
54:4 Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame!
Don’t be intimidated, 7 for you will not be humiliated!
You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth;
you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment. 8
1 tn Heb “will be ashamed.”
2 tn Or “glow of the sun.”
3 tn Heb “will be ashamed” (so NCV).
4 tn Or “take his throne,” “become king.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 tn Heb “and before his elders [in] splendor.”
7 tn Or “embarrassed”; NASB “humiliated…disgraced.”
8 tn Another option is to translate, “the disgrace of our widowhood” (so NRSV). However, the following context (vv. 6-7) refers to Zion’s husband, the Lord, abandoning her, not dying. This suggests that an אַלְמָנָה (’almanah) was a woman who had lost her husband, whether by death or abandonment.