9:21 Manasseh fought against 1 Ephraim,
and Ephraim against Manasseh;
together they fought against Judah.
Despite all this, his anger does not subside,
and his hand is ready to strike again. 2
45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! 3
Let them consult with one another!
Who predicted this in the past?
Who announced it beforehand?
Was it not I, the Lord?
I have no peer, there is no God but me,
a God who vindicates and delivers; 4
there is none but me.
65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” 5 says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and offended 6 me on the hills,
I will punish them in full measure.” 7
1 tn The words “fought against” are supplied in the translation both here and later in this verse for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “in all this his anger is not turned, and still his hand is outstretched” (KJV and ASV both similar); NIV “his hand is still upraised.”
3 tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.
4 tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”
5 tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”
6 tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”
7 tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.