45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, 1
all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!
For I am God, and I have no peer.
59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak 2 to deliver you;
his ear is not too deaf to hear you. 3
59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak 4 to deliver you;
his ear is not too deaf to hear you. 5
2:10 Go up into the rocky cliffs,
hide in the ground.
Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, 6
from his royal splendor!
1 tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”
2 tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
3 tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”
4 tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”
6 tn Heb “from the dread of the Lord,” that is, from the dread that he produces in the objects of his judgment.” The words “get away” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Here οὕτως (Joutws) is taken to refer to what follows, the content of the quotation, as given for this verse by BDAG 742 s.v. οὕτω/οὕτως 2.
8 tn BDAG 1004 s.v. τίθημι 3.a has “τιθέναι τινὰ εἴς τι place/appoint someone to or for (to function as) someth….Ac 13:47.” This is a double accusative construction of object (“you”) and complement (“a light”).
9 sn Paul alludes here to the language of the Servant in Isaiah, pointing to Isa 42:6; 49:6. He and Barnabas do the work of the Servant in Isaiah.
10 tn Grk “that you should be for salvation,” but more simply “to bring salvation.”
11 sn An allusion to Isa 42:6 and 49:6. The expression the ends of the earth recalls Luke 3:6 and Acts 1:8. Paul sees himself and Barnabas as carrying out the commission of Luke 24:27. (See 2 Cor 6:2, where servant imagery also appears concerning Paul’s message.)