51:51 ‘We 1 are ashamed because we have been insulted. 2
Our faces show our disgrace. 3
For foreigners have invaded
the holy rooms 4 in the Lord’s temple.’
51:54 Cries of anguish will come from Babylon,
the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians.
1 sn The exiles lament the way they have been humiliated.
2 tn Heb “we have heard an insult.”
3 tn Heb “disgrace covers our face.”
4 tn Or “holy places, sanctuaries.”