Ulangan 30:4

30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, ¹  from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

Mazmur 48:11

48:11 Mount Zion rejoices;

the towns ²  of Judah are happy, ³ 

because of your acts of judgment. ⁴ 

Mazmur 65:6

65:6 You created the mountains by your power, ⁵ 

and demonstrated your strength. ⁶ 

Yesaya 49:6

49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,

to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,

and restore the remnant ⁷  of Israel? ⁸ 

I will make you a light to the nations, ⁹ 

so you can bring ¹⁰  my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

[30:4]  ¹ tn Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[48:11]  ² tn Heb “daughters.” The reference is to the cities of Judah surrounding Zion (see Ps 97:8 and H. Haag, TDOT 2:336).

[48:11]  ³ tn The prefixed verbal forms are understood as generalizing imperfects. (For other examples of an imperfect followed by causal לְמַעַן [lÿma’an], see Ps 23:3; Isa 49:7; 55:5.) Another option is to interpret the forms as jussives, “Let Mount Zion rejoice! Let the towns of Judah be happy!” (cf. NASB, NRSV; note the imperatives in vv. 12-13.)

[48:11]  ⁴ sn These acts of judgment are described in vv. 4-7.

[65:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “[the] one who establishes [the] mountains by his power.”

[65:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “one [who] is girded with strength”; or “one [who] girds himself with strength.”

[49:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”

[49:6]  ⁸ sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.

[49:6]  ⁹ tn See the note at 42:6.

[49:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”