50:8 The one who vindicates me is close by.
Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! 1
Who is my accuser? 2 Let him challenge me! 3
51:22 This is what your sovereign master, 4 the Lord your God, says:
“Look, I have removed from your hand
the cup of intoxicating wine, 5
the goblet full of my anger. 6
You will no longer have to drink it.
1 tn Heb “Let us stand together!”
2 tn Heb “Who is the master of my judgment?”
3 tn Heb “let him approach me”; NAB, NIV “Let him confront me.”
4 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
5 tn Heb “the cup of [= that causes] staggering” (so ASV, NAB, NRSV); NASB “the cup of reeling.”
6 tn Heb “the goblet of the cup of my anger.”