Mazmur 102:23

102:23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; ¹ 

he has cut short my days.

Yesaya 14:1

14:1 The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; ²  he will again choose Israel as his special people ³  and restore ⁴  them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family ⁵  of Jacob.

Yesaya 45:14

The Lord is the Nations’ Only Hope

45:14 This is what the Lord says:

“The profit ⁶  of Egypt and the revenue ⁷  of Ethiopia,

along with the Sabeans, those tall men,

will be brought to you ⁸  and become yours.

They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. ⁹ 

They will bow down to you

and pray to you: ¹⁰ 

‘Truly God is with ¹¹  you; he has no peer; ¹² 

there is no other God!’”

Yesaya 56:3

56:3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of ¹³  the Lord should say,

‘The Lord will certainly ¹⁴  exclude me from his people.’

The eunuch should not say,

‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

Yesaya 56:1

The Lord Invites Outsiders to Enter

56:1 This is what the Lord says,

“Promote ¹⁵  justice! Do what is right!

For I am ready to deliver you;

I am ready to vindicate you openly. ¹⁶ 

1 Korintus 14:25

14:25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, “God is really among you.”

[102:23]  ¹ tn Heb “he has afflicted my strength in the way.” The term “way” refers here to the course of the psalmist’s life, which appears to be ending prematurely (vv. 23b-24).

[14:1]  ² tn The sentence begins with כִּי (ki), which is understood as asseverative (“certainly”) in the translation. Another option is to translate, “For the Lord will have compassion.” In this case one of the reasons for Babylon’s coming demise (13:22b) is the Lord’s desire to restore his people.

[14:1]  ³ tn The words “as his special people” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[14:1]  ⁴ tn Or “settle” (NASB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

[14:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “house.”

[45:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “labor,” which stands metonymically for the fruits of labor, either “monetary profit,” or “products.”

[45:14]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps, “merchandise” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “the gain of Ethiopia”; CEV “the treasures of Ethiopia.”

[45:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “they will pass over to you”; NASB, NIV “will come over to you”; CEV “will belong to you.”

[45:14]  ⁹ sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute.

[45:14]  ¹⁰ sn Israel’s vassals are portrayed as so intimidated and awed that they treat Israel as an intermediary to God or sub-deity.

[45:14]  ¹¹ tn Or perhaps, “among.” Cf. KJV, ASV “Surely God is in thee.”

[45:14]  ¹² tn Heb “there is no other” (so NIV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs at the end of v. 18, in v. 21, and at the end of v. 22.

[56:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “who attaches himself to.”

[56:3]  ¹⁴ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[56:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “guard”; KJV “Keep”; NAB “Observe”; NASB “Preserve”; NIV, NRSV “Maintain.”

[56:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “for near is my deliverance to enter, and my vindication [or “righteousness”] to be revealed.”