Isaiah 51:4

51:4 Pay attention to me, my people!

Listen to me, my people!

For ¹  I will issue a decree, ² 

I will make my justice a light to the nations. ³ 

Isaiah 64:4

64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, ⁴ 

no eye has seen any God besides you,

who intervenes for those who wait for him.

[51:4]  ¹ tn Or “certainly.”

[51:4]  ² tn Heb “instruction [or “a law”] will go out from me.”

[51:4]  ³ tn Heb “and my justice for a light to the nations I will cause to rest.”

[64:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “from ancient times they have not heard, they have not listened.”