37:23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?
At whom have you shouted
and looked so arrogantly? 1
At the Holy One of Israel! 2
51:7 Listen to me, you who know what is right,
you people who are aware of my law! 3
Don’t be afraid of the insults of men;
don’t be discouraged because of their abuse!
37:24 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 4
‘With my many chariots I climbed up
the high mountains,
the slopes of Lebanon.
I cut down its tall cedars
and its best evergreens.
I invaded its most remote regions, 5
its thickest woods.
1 tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?” Cf. NIV “lifted your eyes in pride”; NRSV “haughtily lifted your eyes.”
2 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
3 tn Heb “people (who have) my law in their heart.”
5 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
6 tn Heb “the height of its extremity”; ASV “its farthest height.”