72:11 All kings will bow down to him;
all nations will serve him.
102:15 The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, 1
and all the kings of the earth will respect 2 his splendor,
102:22 when the nations gather together,
and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord. 3
49:23 Kings will be your children’s 4 guardians;
their princesses will nurse your children. 5
With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you
and they will lick the dirt on 6 your feet.
Then you will recognize that I am the Lord;
those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.
60:3 Nations come to your light,
kings to your bright light.
60:4 Look all around you! 7
They all gather and come to you –
your sons come from far away
and your daughters are escorted by guardians.
60:5 Then you will look and smile, 8
you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. 9
For the riches of distant lands 10 will belong to you
and the wealth of nations will come to you.
60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;
you will nurse at the breasts of kings. 11
Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,
your protector, 12 the powerful ruler of Jacob. 13
11:15 Then 14 the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:
“The kingdom of the world
has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Christ, 15
and he will reign for ever and ever.”
1 tn Heb “will fear the name of the
2 tn The verb “will fear” is understood by ellipsis in the second line (see the preceding line).
3 tn “and the kingdoms to serve the
4 tn Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).
5 tn Heb “you.” See the preceding note.
6 tn Or “at your feet” (NAB, NIV); NLT “from your feet.”
7 tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see!”
8 tn Or “shine,” or “be radiant” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
9 tn Heb “and it will tremble and be wide, your heart.”
10 tn Heb “the wealth of the sea,” i.e., wealth that is transported from distant lands via the sea.
11 sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.
12 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
13 sn See 1:24 and 49:26.
14 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
15 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
16 tn Or “the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).
17 tn Or “splendor”; Grk “glory.”