Isaiah 46:9-13

46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! ¹ 

Truly I am God, I have no peer; ² 

I am God, and there is none like me,

46:10 who announces the end from the beginning

and reveals beforehand ³  what has not yet occurred,

who says, ‘My plan will be realized,

I will accomplish what I desire,’

46:11 who summons an eagle ⁴  from the east,

from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.

Yes, I have decreed, ⁵ 

yes, I will bring it to pass;

I have formulated a plan,

yes, I will carry it out.

46:12 Listen to me, you stubborn people, ⁶ 

you who distance yourself from doing what is right. ⁷ 

46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;

I am bringing my salvation near, ⁸  it does not wait.

I will save Zion; ⁹ 

I will adorn Israel with my splendor.” ¹⁰ 

[46:9]  ¹ tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”

[46:9]  ² tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[46:10]  ³ tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”

[46:11]  ⁴ tn Or, more generally, “a bird of prey” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV; see 18:6).

[46:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “spoken”; KJV “I have spoken it.”

[46:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “strong of heart [or, mind]”; KJV “stouthearted”; NAB “fainthearted”; NIV “stubborn-hearted.”

[46:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “who are far from righteousness [or perhaps, “deliverance”].”

[46:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “my salvation.” The verb “I am bringing near” is understood by ellipsis (note the previous line).

[46:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”

[46:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to Israel my splendor”; KJV, ASV “for Israel my glory.”