Isaiah 47:3

Context

47:3 Let your private parts be exposed!

Your genitals will be on display!¹

I will get revenge;

I will not have pity on anyone,”²

Isaiah 61:10

Context

61:10 I³ will greatly rejoice⁴ in the Lord;

I will be overjoyed because of my God.⁵

For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;

he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication.⁶

I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;

I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.⁷

[47:3] ¹tn Heb “Your shame will be seen.” In this context “shame” is a euphemism referring to the genitals.

[47:3] ²tn Heb “I will not meet a man.” The verb פָּגַע (pagah) apparently carries the nuance “meet with kindness” here (cf. 64:5, and see BDB 803 s.v. Qal.2).

[61:10] ³sn The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord’s promise of restoration.

[61:10] ⁴tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[61:10] ⁵tn Heb “my being is happy in my God”; NAB “in my God is the joy of my soul.”

[61:10] ⁶tn Heb “robe of vindication”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “robe of righteousness.”

[61:10] ⁷tn Heb “like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.” The words “I look” are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.