7:7 But I will keep watching for the Lord;
I will wait for the God who delivers me.
My God will hear my lament. 1
4:2 Many nations will come, saying,
“Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain,
to the temple 2 of Jacob’s God,
so he can teach us his commands 3
and we can live by his laws.” 4
For Zion will be the source of instruction;
the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem. 5
1 tn Heb “me.” In the interest of clarity the nature of the prophet’s cry has been specified as “my lament” in the translation.
2 tn Heb “house.”
3 tn Heb “ways.”
4 tn Heb “and we can walk in his paths.”
5 tn Heb “instruction [or, “law”] will go out from Zion, and the word of the