Isaiah 45:14
Context45:14 This is what the Lord says:
“The profit 1 of Egypt and the revenue 2 of Ethiopia,
along with the Sabeans, those tall men,
will be brought to you 3 and become yours.
They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. 4
They will bow down to you
and pray to you: 5
‘Truly God is with 6 you; he has no peer; 7
there is no other God!’”
Genesis 10:6-7
Context10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, 8 Mizraim, 9 Put, 10 and Canaan. 11 10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, 12 Havilah, 13 Sabtah, 14 Raamah, 15 and Sabteca. 16 The sons of Raamah were Sheba 17 and Dedan. 18
[45:14] 1 tn Heb “labor,” which stands metonymically for the fruits of labor, either “monetary profit,” or “products.”
[45:14] 2 tn Or perhaps, “merchandise” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “the gain of Ethiopia”; CEV “the treasures of Ethiopia.”
[45:14] 3 tn Heb “they will pass over to you”; NASB, NIV “will come over to you”; CEV “will belong to you.”
[45:14] 4 sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute.
[45:14] 5 sn Israel’s vassals are portrayed as so intimidated and awed that they treat Israel as an intermediary to God or sub-deity.
[45:14] 6 tn Or perhaps, “among.” Cf. KJV, ASV “Surely God is in thee.”
[45:14] 7 tn Heb “there is no other” (so NIV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs at the end of v. 18, in v. 21, and at the end of v. 22.
[10:6] 8 sn The descendants of Cush settled in Nubia (Ethiopia).
[10:6] 9 sn The descendants of Mizraim settled in Upper and Lower Egypt.
[10:6] 10 sn The descendants of Put settled in Libya.
[10:6] 11 sn The descendants of Canaan lived in the region of Phoenicia (Palestine).
[10:7] 12 sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.
[10:7] 13 sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.
[10:7] 14 sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.
[10:7] 15 sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.
[10:7] 16 sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.
[10:7] 17 sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.
[10:7] 18 sn The name Dedan is associated with àUla in northern Arabia.