33:22 For the Lord, our ruler,
the Lord, our commander,
the Lord, our king –
he will deliver us.
37:35 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’” 1
38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, 2
and we will celebrate with music 3
for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” 4
45:17 Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; 5
you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. 6
45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, 7
all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!
For I am God, and I have no peer.
47:15 They will disappoint you, 8
those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. 9
Each strays off in his own direction, 10
leaving no one to rescue you.”
59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak 11 to deliver you;
his ear is not too deaf to hear you. 12
63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was shocked because there was no one offering support. 13
So my right arm accomplished deliverance;
my raging anger drove me on. 14
63:8 He said, “Certainly they will be my people,
children who are not disloyal.” 15
He became their deliverer.
1 tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”
1 tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.
2 tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”
3 tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”
1 tn Heb “Israel will be delivered by the Lord [with] a permanent deliverance.”
2 tn Heb “you will not be ashamed and you will not be humiliated for ages of future time.”
1 tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”
1 tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”
2 tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.
3 tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”
1 tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”
1 sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.
2 tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”
1 tn Heb “children [who] do not act deceitfully.” Here the verb refers to covenantal loyalty.