Isaiah 54:14

54:14 You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. ¹ 

You will not experience oppression; ² 

indeed, you will not be afraid.

You will not be terrified, ³ 

for nothing frightening ⁴  will come near you.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

23:5 “I, the Lord, promise ⁵  that a new time will certainly come ⁶ 

when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, ⁷  a descendant of David.

He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding ⁸ 

and will do what is just and right in the land. ⁹ 

23:6 Under his rule ¹⁰  Judah will enjoy safety ¹¹ 

and Israel will live in security. ¹² 

This is the name he will go by:

‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ ¹³ 

Ezekiel 34:25

34:25 “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely ¹⁴  in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ¹⁵ 

Ezekiel 34:28

34:28 They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

Ezekiel 38:11

38:11 You will say, “I will invade ¹⁶  a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against ¹⁷  those living quietly in security – all of them living without walls and barred gates –

Ezekiel 39:26

39:26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.

[54:14]  ¹ tn Heb “in righteousness [or “vindication”] you will be established.” The precise meaning of צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) here is uncertain. It could mean “righteousness, justice,” indicating that the city will be a center for justice. But the context focuses on deliverance, suggesting that the term means “deliverance, vindication” here.

[54:14]  ² tn Heb “Be far from oppression!” The imperative is used here in a rhetorical manner to express certainty and assurance. See GKC 324 §110.c.

[54:14]  ³ tn Heb “from terror.” The rhetorical command, “be far” is understood by ellipsis here. Note the preceding context.

[54:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “it,” i.e., the “terror” just mentioned.

[23:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

[23:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “Behold the days are coming.”

[23:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “a righteous sprig to David” or “a righteous shoot” (NAB).

[23:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “he will reign as king and act wisely.” This is another example of the use of two verbs joined by “and” where one becomes the adverbial modifier of the other (hendiadys). For the nuance of the verb “act wisely” rather than “prosper” see Amos 5:13; Ps 2:10 (cf. BDB 968 s.v. שָׂכַל Hiph.5).

[23:5]  ⁹ sn This has been the constant emphasis in this section. See 22:3 for the demand, 22:15 for its fulfillment, and 22:13 for its abuse. The ideal king would follow in the footsteps of his illustrious ancestor David (2 Sam 8:15) who set this forth as an ideal for his dynasty (2 Sam 23:3) and prayed for it to be true of his son Solomon (Ps 72:1-2).

[23:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”

[23:6]  ¹¹ tn Parallelism and context (cf. v. 4) suggest this nuance for the word often translated “be saved.” For this nuance elsewhere see Ps 119:117; Prov 28:18 for the verb (יָשַׁע [yasha’] in the Niphal); and Ps 12:6; Job 5:4, 11 for the related noun (יֶשַׁע, yesha’).

[23:6]  ¹² sn It should be noted that this brief oracle of deliverance implies the reunification of Israel and Judah under the future Davidic ruler. Jeremiah has already spoken about this reunification earlier in 3:18 and will have more to say about it in 30:3; 31:27, 31. This same ideal was espoused in the prophecies of Hosea (1:10-11 [2:1-2 HT]), Isaiah (11:1-4, 10-12), and Ezekiel (37:15-28) all of which have messianic and eschatological significance.

[23:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The Lord our righteousness’.”

[34:25]  ¹⁴ tn The phrase “live securely” occurs in Ezek 28:26; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26 as an expression of freedom from fear. It is a promised blessing resulting from obedience (see Lev 26:5-6).

[34:25]  ¹⁵ sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).

[38:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “go up against.”

[38:11]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “come (to).”