Yesaya 25:3

25:3 So a strong nation will extol you;

the towns of ¹  powerful nations will fear you.

Yesaya 41:20

41:20 I will do this so ²  people ³  will observe and recognize,

so they will pay attention and understand

that the Lord’s power ⁴  has accomplished this,

and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.” ⁵ 

Yesaya 43:11

43:11 I, I am the Lord,

and there is no deliverer besides me.

Yesaya 49:23

49:23 Kings will be your children’s ⁶  guardians;

their princesses will nurse your children. ⁷ 

With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you

and they will lick the dirt on ⁸  your feet.

Then you will recognize that I am the Lord;

those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

Yesaya 60:16

60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;

you will nurse at the breasts of kings. ⁹ 

Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,

your protector, ¹⁰  the powerful ruler of Jacob. ¹¹ 

[25:3]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has a singular form, but it should be emended to a plural or eliminated altogether. The noun may have been accidentally copied from the preceding verse.

[41:20]  ² tn The words “I will do this” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text has here simply, “in order that.”

[41:20]  ³ tn Heb “they”; NAB, NRSV “that all may see”; CEV, NLT “Everyone will see.”

[41:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[41:20]  ⁵ tn Or “created it” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “has made it happen.”

[49:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “your,” but Zion here stands by metonymy for her children (see v. 22b).

[49:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “you.” See the preceding note.

[49:23]  ⁸ tn Or “at your feet” (NAB, NIV); NLT “from your feet.”

[60:16]  ⁹ sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.

[60:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[60:16]  ¹¹ sn See 1:24 and 49:26.