Isaiah 66:10-14

66:10 Be happy for Jerusalem

and rejoice with her, all you who love her!

Share in her great joy,

all you who have mourned over her!

66:11 For ¹  you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; ² 

you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. ³ 

66:12 For this is what the Lord says:

“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river,

the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. ⁴ 

You will nurse from her breast ⁵  and be carried at her side;

you will play on her knees.

66:13 As a mother consoles a child, ⁶ 

so I will console you,

and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

66:14 When you see this, you will be happy, ⁷ 

and you will be revived. ⁸ 

The Lord will reveal his power to his servants

and his anger to his enemies. ⁹ 

[66:11]  ¹ tn Or “in order that”; ASV, NRSV “that.”

[66:11]  ² tn Heb “you will suck and be satisfied, from her comforting breast.”

[66:11]  ³ tn Heb “you will slurp and refresh yourselves from her heavy breast.”

[66:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “Look, I am ready to extend to her like a river prosperity [or “peace”], and like an overflowing stream, the riches of nations.”

[66:12]  ⁵ tn The words “from her breast” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 11).

[66:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “like a man whose mother comforts him.”

[66:14]  ⁷ tn “and you will see and your heart will be happy.”

[66:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “and your bones like grass will sprout.”

[66:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”