Psalms 2:8

2:8 Ask me,

and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, ¹ 

the ends of the earth as your personal property.

Psalms 72:8

72:8 May he rule ²  from sea to sea, ³ 

and from the Euphrates River ⁴  to the ends of the earth!

Psalms 72:11

72:11 All kings will bow down to him;

all nations will serve him.

Psalms 86:9

86:9 All the nations, whom you created,

will come and worship you, ⁵  O Lord.

They will honor your name.

Psalms 98:3

98:3 He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. ⁶ 

All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. ⁷ 

Isaiah 45:22

45:22 Turn to me so you can be delivered, ⁸ 

all you who live in the earth’s remote regions!

For I am God, and I have no peer.

Isaiah 46:8-9

46:8 Remember this, so you can be brave! ⁹ 

Think about it, you rebels! ¹⁰ 

46:9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! ¹¹ 

Truly I am God, I have no peer; ¹² 

I am God, and there is none like me,

Isaiah 49:6

49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,

to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,

and restore the remnant ¹³  of Israel? ¹⁴ 

I will make you a light to the nations, ¹⁵ 

so you can bring ¹⁶  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Isaiah 49:12

49:12 Look, they come from far away!

Look, some come from the north and west,

and others from the land of Sinim! ¹⁷ 

[2:8]  ¹ sn I will give you the nations. The Lord promises the Davidic king universal dominion.

[72:8]  ² tn The prefixed verbal form is a (shortened) jussive form, indicating this is a prayer of blessing.

[72:8]  ³ sn From sea to sea. This may mean from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east. See Amos 8:12. The language of this and the following line also appears in Zech 9:10.

[72:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “the river,” a reference to the Euphrates.

[86:9]  ⁵ tn Or “bow down before you.”

[98:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “he remembers his loyal love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel.”

[98:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “the deliverance of our God,” with “God” being a subjective genitive (= God delivers).

[45:22]  ⁸ tn The Niphal imperative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose after the preceding imperative. The Niphal probably has a tolerative sense, “allow yourselves to be delivered, accept help.”

[46:8]  ⁹ tn The meaning of the verb אָשַׁשׁ (’ashash, which appears here in the Hitpolel stem) is uncertain. BDB 84 s.v. אשׁשׁ relates it to a root meaning “found, establish” in Arabic; HALOT 100 s.v. II אשׁשׁ gives the meaning “pluck up courage.” The imperative with vav (ו) may indicate purpose following the preceding imperative.

[46:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “return [it], rebels, to heart”; NRSV “recall it to mind, you transgressors.”

[46:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”

[46:9]  ¹² tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[49:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ¹⁴ sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.

[49:6]  ¹⁵ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”

[49:12]  ¹⁷ tc The MT reads “Sinim” here; the Dead Sea Scrolls read “Syene,” a location in Egypt associated with modern Aswan. A number of recent translations adopt this reading: “Syene” (NAB, NRSV); “Aswan” (NIV); “Egypt” (NLT).