Isaiah 49:18

49:18 Look all around you! ¹ 

All of them gather to you.

As surely as I live,” says the Lord,

“you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry;

you will put them on as if you were a bride.

Isaiah 55:5

55:5 Look, you will summon nations ²  you did not previously know;

nations ³  that did not previously know you will run to you,

because of the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ⁴ 

for he bestows honor on you.

Isaiah 60:10-13

60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls;

their kings will serve you.

Even though I struck you down in my anger,

I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. ⁵ 

60:11 Your gates will remain open at all times;

they will not be shut during the day or at night,

so that the wealth of nations may be delivered,

with their kings leading the way. ⁶ 

60:12 Indeed, ⁷  nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;

such nations will be totally destroyed. ⁸ 

60:13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,

its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,

to beautify my palace; ⁹ 

I will bestow honor on my throne room. ¹⁰ 

Isaiah 61:5-9

61:5 ¹¹ “Foreigners will take care of ¹²  your sheep;

foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.

61:6 You will be called, ‘the Lord’s priests,

servants of our God.’ ¹³ 

You will enjoy ¹⁴  the wealth of nations

and boast about ¹⁵  the riches you receive from them. ¹⁶ 

61:7 Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; ¹⁷ 

instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. ¹⁸ 

Yes, ¹⁹  they will possess a double portion in their land

and experience lasting joy.

61:8 For I, the Lord, love justice

and hate robbery and sin.

I will repay them because of my faithfulness; ²⁰ 

I will make a permanent covenant with them.

61:9 Their descendants will be known among the nations,

their offspring among the peoples.

All who see them will recognize that

the Lord has blessed them.” ²¹ 

[49:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see.”

[55:5]  ² tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).

[55:5]  ³ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.

[55:5]  ⁴ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[60:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “in my favor I will have compassion on you.”

[60:11]  ⁶ tn Or “led in procession.” The participle is passive.

[60:12]  ⁷ tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); TEV “But.”

[60:12]  ⁸ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[60:13]  ⁹ tn Or “holy place, sanctuary.”

[60:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the place of my feet.” See Ezek 43:7, where the Lord’s throne is called the “place of the soles of my feet.”

[61:5]  ¹¹ sn The Lord speaks in vv. 7-8 (and possibly v. 9). It is not clear where the servant’s speech (see vv. 1-3a) ends and the Lord’s begins. Perhaps the direct address to the people signals the beginning of the Lord’s speech.

[61:5]  ¹² tn Heb “will stand [in position] and shepherd.”

[61:6]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew text adds, “it will be said concerning you.”

[61:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “eat” (KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “feed on”; NLT “be fed with.”

[61:6]  ¹⁵ tc The form in the Hebrew text is probably a corruption of יִתְאַמְּרוּ (yit’ammÿru), a Hitpael from אָמַר (’amar), meaning “boast about” (see HALOT 67 s.v. II אמר, HALOT 416 s.v. ימר, and BDB 56 s.v. אָמַר).

[61:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “their glory” (i.e., riches).

[61:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “instead of your shame, a double portion.”

[61:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and [instead of] humiliation they will rejoice [over] their portion.” The term תָחָת (takhat, “instead of”) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[61:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “therefore” (so KJV, NASB); NIV “and so.”

[61:8]  ²⁰ tn Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”

[61:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”