27:3 I, the Lord, protect it; 1
I water it regularly. 2
I guard it night and day,
so no one can harm it. 3
48:7 Now they come into being, 4 not in the past;
before today you did not hear about them,
so you could not say,
‘Yes, 5 I know about them.’
1 tn Heb “her.” Apparently “vineyard” is the antecedent, though normally this noun is understood as masculine (see Lev 25:3, however).
2 tn Or perhaps, “constantly.” Heb “by moments.”
3 tn Heb “lest [someone] visit [harm] upon it, night and day I guard it.”
4 tn Heb “are created” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “They are brand new.”
5 tn Heb “look”; KJV, NASB “Behold.”