41:11 Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated;
your adversaries 1 will be reduced to nothing 2 and perish.
54:15 If anyone dares to 3 challenge you, it will not be my doing!
Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated. 4
59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak 5 to deliver you;
his ear is not too deaf to hear you. 6
1 tn Heb “the men of your strife”; NASB “those who contend with you.”
2 tn Heb “like nothing”; NAB “come to nought.”
3 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb here for emphasis.
4 tn Heb “will fall over you.” The expression נָפַל עַל (nafal ’al) can mean “attack,” but here it means “fall over to,” i.e., “surrender to.”
5 tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
6 tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”