51:23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors 1
who said to you, ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’
You made your back like the ground,
and like the street for those who walked over you.”
61:11 For just as the ground produces its crops
and a garden yields its produce,
so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance 2 to grow,
and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. 3
1 tn That is, to make them drink it.
2 tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).
3 tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”