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
45:24 they will say about me,
“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” 4
All who are angry at him will cower before him. 5
45:25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord
and will boast in him. 6
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 Heb “‘Yes, in the Lord,’ one says about me, ‘is deliverance and strength.’”
5 tn Heb “will come to him and be ashamed.”
6 tn Heb “In the Lord all the offspring of Israel will be vindicated and boast.”