Isaiah 54:3

54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;

your children will conquer ¹  nations

and will resettle desolate cities.

Isaiah 54:11-12

54:11 “O afflicted one, driven away, ²  and unconsoled!

Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony

and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

54:12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems, ³ 

your gates out of beryl, ⁴ 

and your outer wall ⁵  out of beautiful ⁶  stones.

[54:3]  ¹ tn Or “take possession of”; NAB “shall dispossess.”

[54:11]  ² tn Or, more literally, “windblown, storm tossed.”

[54:12]  ³ tn Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[54:12]  ⁴ tn On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (’eqdakh), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.

[54:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”

[54:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”