45:23 I solemnly make this oath 1 –
what I say is true and reliable: 2
‘Surely every knee will bow to me,
every tongue will solemnly affirm; 3
65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth 4
will do so in the name of the faithful God; 5
whoever makes an oath in the earth
will do so in the name of the faithful God. 6
For past problems will be forgotten;
I will no longer think about them. 7
1 tn Heb “I swear by myself”; KJV, NASB “have sworn.”
2 tn Heb “a word goes out from my mouth [in] truth and will not return.”
3 tn Heb “swear” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “confess allegiance.”
4 tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.
5 tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”
6 tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”
7 tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”