43:22 “But you did not call for me, O Jacob;
you did not long 1 for me, O Israel.
47:15 They will disappoint you, 2
those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. 3
Each strays off in his own direction, 4
leaving no one to rescue you.”
1 tn Or “strive”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “been weary of me.”
2 tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”
3 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.
4 tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”