45:13 It is me – I stir him up and commission him; 1
I will make all his ways level.
He will rebuild my city;
he will send my exiled people home,
but not for a price or a bribe,”
says the Lord who commands armies.
33:15 The one who lives 2 uprightly 3
and speaks honestly;
the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures
and rejects a bribe; 4
the one who does not plot violent crimes 5
and does not seek to harm others 6 –
1 tn Heb “I stir him up in righteousness”; NASB “I have aroused him.” See the note at 41:2. Cyrus (cf. 44:28) is in view here.
2 tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).
3 tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”
4 tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”
5 tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”
6 tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”