Keluaran 23:16

23:16 “You are also to observe ¹  the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year ²  when you have gathered in ³  your harvest ⁴  out of the field.

Yesaya 60:6-9

60:6 Camel caravans will cover your roads, ⁵ 

young camels from Midian and Ephah.

All the merchants of Sheba ⁶  will come,

bringing gold and incense

and singing praises to the Lord. ⁷ 

60:7 All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you;

the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. ⁸ 

They will go up on my altar acceptably, ⁹ 

and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.

60:8 Who are these who float along ¹⁰  like a cloud,

who fly like doves to their shelters? ¹¹ 

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ¹²  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ¹³  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ¹⁴ 

the Holy One of Israel, ¹⁵  for he has bestowed honor on you.

Mikha 4:2

4:2 Many nations will come, saying,

“Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain,

to the temple ¹⁶  of Jacob’s God,

so he can teach us his commands ¹⁷ 

and we can live by his laws.” ¹⁸ 

For Zion will be the source of instruction;

the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem. ¹⁹ 

[23:16]  ¹ tn The words “you are also to observe” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[23:16]  ² tn An infinitive construct with a preposition and a pronominal suffix is used to make a temporal clause: “in the going in of the year.” The word “year” is the subjective genitive, the subject of the clause.

[23:16]  ³ tn An infinitive construct with a preposition and a pronominal suffix is used to make a temporal clause: “in the ingathering of you.”

[23:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “gathered in your labors.” This is a metonymy of cause put for the effect. “Labors” are not gathered in, but what the labors produced – the harvest.

[60:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “an abundance of camels will cover you.”

[60:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “all of them, from Sheba.”

[60:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they will announce the praises of the Lord.”

[60:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “will serve you,” i.e., be available as sacrifices (see the next line). Another option is to understood these “rams” as symbolic of leaders who will be subject to the people of Zion. See v. 10.

[60:7]  ⁹ tc Heb “they will go up on acceptance [on] my altar.” Some have suggested that the preposition עַל (’al) is dittographic (note the preceding יַעֲלוּ [ya’alu]). Consequently, the form should be emended to לְרָצוֹן (lÿratson, “acceptably”; see BDB 953 s.v. רָצוֹן). However, the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has both לרצון followed by the preposition על, which would argue against deleted the preposition. As the above translation seeks to demonstrate, the preposition עַל (’al) indicates a norm (“in accordance with acceptance” or “acceptably”; IBHS 218 §11.2.13e, n. 111) and the “altar” functions as an objective accusative with a verb of motion (cf. Gen 49:4; Lev 2:2; Num 13:17; J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:534, n. 14).

[60:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fly” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “fly along.”

[60:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to their windows,” i.e., to the openings in their coops. See HALOT 83 s.v. אֲרֻבָּה.

[60:9]  ¹² tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ¹⁵ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[4:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[4:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “ways.”

[4:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and we can walk in his paths.”

[4:2]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “instruction [or, “law”] will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

[4:2]  map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.