49:23 Kings will be your children’s 1 guardians;
their princesses will nurse your children. 2
With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you
and they will lick the dirt on 3 your feet.
Then you will recognize that I am the Lord;
those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
60:9 Indeed, the coastlands 4 look eagerly for me,
the large ships 5 are in the lead,
bringing your sons from far away,
along with their silver and gold,
to honor the Lord your God, 6
the Holy One of Israel, 7 for he has bestowed honor on you.
1 tn Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).
2 tn Heb “you.” See the preceding note.
3 tn Or “at your feet” (NAB, NIV); NLT “from your feet.”
4 tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”
5 tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.
6 tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”
7 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.