47:15 They will disappoint you, 1
those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. 2
Each strays off in his own direction, 3
leaving no one to rescue you.”
43:3 For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 4 your deliverer.
I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,
Ethiopia and Seba 5 in place of you.
49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;
they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. 6
Then all humankind 7 will recognize that
I am the Lord, your deliverer,
your protector, 8 the powerful ruler of Jacob.” 9
60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;
you will nurse at the breasts of kings. 10
Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,
your protector, 11 the powerful ruler of Jacob. 12
1 tn Heb “So they will be to you”; NIV “That is all they can do for you.”
2 tn Heb “that for which you toiled, your traders from your youth.” The omen readers and star gazers are likened to merchants with whom Babylon has had an ongoing economic relationship.
3 tn Heb “each to his own side, they err.”
4 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
5 sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.
7 sn Verse 26a depicts siege warfare and bloody defeat. The besieged enemy will be so starved they will their own flesh. The bloodstained bodies lying on the blood-soaked battle site will look as if they collapsed in drunkenness.
8 tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB).
9 tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
10 tn Heb “the powerful [one] of Jacob.” See 1:24.
10 sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.
11 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
12 sn See 1:24 and 49:26.