41:13 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise 1
in the future and forevermore! 2
We agree! We agree! 3
44:12 You sold 4 your people for a pittance; 5
you did not ask a high price for them. 6
1 tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.
2 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.” See 1 Chr 16:36; Neh 9:5; Pss 90:2; 106:48.
3 tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God.
4 tn The prefixed verbal form is a preterite (without vav [ו] consecutive).
5 tn Heb “for what is not wealth.”
6 tn Heb “you did not multiply their purchase prices.”