29:8 It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,
only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. 1
It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,
only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. 2
So it will be for the horde from all the nations
that fight against Mount Zion.
41:25 I have stirred up one out of the north 3 and he advances,
one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. 4
He steps on 5 rulers as if they were clay,
like a potter treading the clay.
47:8 So now, listen to this,
O one who lives so lavishly, 6
who lives securely,
who says to herself, 7
‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! 8
I will never have to live as a widow;
I will never lose my children.’ 9
54:17 No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed;
you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. 10
This is what the Lord will do for his servants –
I will vindicate them,” 11
says the Lord.
1 tn Or “that he [or “his appetite”] is unsatisfied.”
2 tn Or “that he is faint and that he [or “his appetite”] longs [for water].”
3 sn That is, Cyrus the Persian. See the note at v. 2.
4 tn Heb “[one] from the rising of the sun [who] calls in my name.”
5 tn The Hebrew text has וְיָבֹא (vÿyavo’, “and he comes”), but this is likely a corruption of an original וַיָּבָס (vayyavas), from בּוּס (bus, “step on”).
5 tn Or perhaps, “voluptuous one” (NAB); NAB “you sensual one”; NLT “You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom.”
6 tn Heb “the one who says in her heart.”
7 tn Heb “I [am], and besides me there is no other.” See Zeph 2:15.
8 tn Heb “I will not live [as] a widow, and I will not know loss of children.”
7 tn Heb “and every tongue that rises up for judgment with you will prove to be guilty.”
8 tn Heb “this is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication from me.”