51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;
he will console all her ruins.
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the Garden of the Lord.
Happiness and joy will be restored to 1 her,
thanksgiving and the sound of music.
51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, 2
who seek the Lord!
Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,
at the quarry 3 from which you were dug! 4
2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;
there is no end to their wealth. 5
Their land is full of horses;
there is no end to their chariots. 6
1 tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”
3 tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”
4 sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.
5 tn Or “treasuries”; KJV “treasures.”
6 sn Judah’s royal bureaucracy had accumulated great wealth and military might, in violation of Deut 17:16-17.