29:8 It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,
only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. 1
It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,
only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. 2
So it will be for the horde from all the nations
that fight against Mount Zion.
57:11 Whom are you worried about?
Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully
and not remember me
or think about me? 3
Because I have been silent for so long, 4
you are not afraid of me. 5
1 tn Or “that he [or “his appetite”] is unsatisfied.”
2 tn Or “that he is faint and that he [or “his appetite”] longs [for water].”
3 tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”
4 tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”
5 sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.