35:3 Strengthen the hands that have gone limp,
steady the knees that shake! 1
45:23 I solemnly make this oath 2 –
what I say is true and reliable: 3
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm; 4
66:12 For this is what the Lord says:
“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river,
the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. 5
You will nurse from her breast 6 and be carried at her side;
you will play on her knees.
1 tn Heb “staggering knees”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “feeble knees”; NIV “knees that give way.”
2 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
3 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
4 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”
3 tn Heb “Look, I am ready to extend to her like a river prosperity [or “peace”], and like an overflowing stream, the riches of nations.”
4 tn The words “from her breast” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 11).