Isaiah 43:5

43:5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.

From the east I will bring your descendants;

from the west I will gather you.

Isaiah 45:6

45:6 I do this ¹  so people ²  will recognize from east to west

that there is no God but me;

I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Isaiah 59:19

59:19 In the west, people respect ³  the Lord’s reputation; ⁴ 

in the east they recognize his splendor. ⁵ 

For he comes like a rushing ⁶  stream

driven on by wind sent from the Lord. ⁷ 

[45:6]  ¹ tn The words “I do this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[45:6]  ² tn Heb “they” (so KJV, ASV); TEV, CEV “everyone”; NLT “all the world.”

[59:19]  ¹ tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read “see.”

[59:19]  ² tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”

[59:19]  ³ tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”

[59:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”

[59:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).