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.
54:12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems, 3
your gates out of beryl, 4
and your outer wall 5 out of beautiful 6 stones.
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.”
3 tn Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
4 tn On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (’eqdakh), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.
5 tn Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”
6 tn Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”