Yesaya 60:18

60:18 Sounds of violence ¹  will no longer be heard in your land,

or the sounds of ²  destruction and devastation within your borders.

You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’

and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Yesaya 62:7

62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, ³ 

until he makes Jerusalem the pride ⁴  of the earth.

Yesaya 62:1

The Lord Takes Delight in Zion

62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;

for the sake of Jerusalem ⁵  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ⁶ 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

Pengkhotbah 2:9

2:9 So ⁷  I was far wealthier ⁸  than all my predecessors in Jerusalem,

yet I maintained my objectivity: ⁹ 

[60:18]  ¹ tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[60:18]  ² tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[62:7]  ³ tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.

[62:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”

[62:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”

[2:9]  ⁷ tn The vav prefixed to וְגָדַלְתִּי (vÿgadalti, vav + Qal perfect first common singular from גָּדַל, gadal, “to be great; to increase”) functions in a final summarizing sense, that is, it introduces the concluding summary of 2:4-9.

[2:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “I became great and I surpassed” (וְהוֹסַפְתִּי וְגָדַלְתִּי, vÿgadalti vÿhosafti). This is a verbal hendiadys in which the second verb functions adverbially, modifying the first: “I became far greater.” Most translations miss the hendiadys and render the line in a woodenly literal sense (KJV, ASV, RSV, NEB, NRSV, NAB, NASB, MLB, Moffatt), while only a few recognize the presence of hendiadys here: “I became greater by far” (NIV) and “I gained more” (NJPS).

[2:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “yet my wisdom stood for me,” meaning he retained his wise perspective despite his great wealth.