51:11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return;
they will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 5
happiness and joy will overwhelm 6 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 7
62:12 They will be called, “The Holy People,
the Ones Protected 8 by the Lord.”
You will be called, “Sought After,
City Not Abandoned.”
1 tn The addition of the independent pronoun אֲנִי (’ani, “I”) emphasizes the fact that it was Yahweh himself who heard the cry.
2 tn Heb “And also I have heard.”
3 tn The form is the Hiphil participle מַעֲבִדִים (ma’avidim, “causing to serve”). The participle occurs in a relative clause that modifies “the Israelites.” The clause ends with the accusative “them,” which must be combined with the relative pronoun for a smooth English translation. So “who the Egyptians are enslaving them,” results in the translation “whom the Egyptians are enslaving.”
4 tn As in Exod 2:24, this remembering has the significance of God’s beginning to act to fulfill the covenant promises.
5 tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.
6 tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”
7 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee.”
8 tn Or “the redeemed of the Lord” (KJV, NAB).