43:5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.
From the east I will bring your descendants;
from the west I will gather you.
45:6 I do this 1 so people 2 will recognize from east to west
that there is no God but me;
I am the Lord, I have no peer.
59:19 In the west, people respect 3 the Lord’s reputation; 4
in the east they recognize his splendor. 5
For he comes like a rushing 6 stream
driven on by wind sent from the Lord. 7
1 tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”
1 tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew
2 tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”
3 tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”
4 tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”
5 tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).