Isaiah 48:20

48:20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Babylonians!

Announce it with a shout of joy!

Make this known!

Proclaim it throughout the earth! ¹ 

Say, ‘The Lord protects ²  his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 62:11

62:11 Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: ³ 

“Say to Daughter Zion,

‘Look, your deliverer comes!

Look, his reward is with him

and his reward goes before him!’” ⁴ 

[48:20]  ¹ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

[48:20]  ² tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.

[62:11]  ³ tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so NASB, NRSV).

[62:11]  ⁴ sn As v. 12 indicates, the returning exiles are the Lord’s reward/prize. See also 40:10 and the note there.