Yesaya 60:1-22
Konteks60:1 “Arise! Shine! For your light arrives!
The splendor 1 of the Lord shines on you!
60:2 For, look, darkness covers the earth
and deep darkness covers 2 the nations,
but the Lord shines on you;
his splendor 3 appears over you.
60:3 Nations come to your light,
kings to your bright light.
They all gather and come to you –
your sons come from far away
and your daughters are escorted by guardians.
60:5 Then you will look and smile, 5
you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. 6
For the riches of distant lands 7 will belong to you
and the wealth of nations will come to you.
60:6 Camel caravans will cover your roads, 8
young camels from Midian and Ephah.
All the merchants of Sheba 9 will come,
bringing gold and incense
and singing praises to the Lord. 10
60:7 All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. 11
They will go up on my altar acceptably, 12
and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.
60:8 Who are these who float along 13 like a cloud,
who fly like doves to their shelters? 14
60:9 Indeed, the coastlands 15 look eagerly for me,
the large ships 16 are in the lead,
bringing your sons from far away,
along with their silver and gold,
to honor the Lord your God, 17
the Holy One of Israel, 18 for he has bestowed honor on you.
60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls;
their kings will serve you.
Even though I struck you down in my anger,
I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. 19
60:11 Your gates will remain open at all times;
they will not be shut during the day or at night,
so that the wealth of nations may be delivered,
with their kings leading the way. 20
60:12 Indeed, 21 nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;
such nations will be totally destroyed. 22
60:13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,
its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,
to beautify my palace; 23
I will bestow honor on my throne room. 24
60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;
all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.
They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’ 25
60:15 You were once abandoned
and despised, with no one passing through,
but I will make you 26 a permanent source of pride
and joy to coming generations.
60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;
you will nurse at the breasts of kings. 27
Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,
your protector, 28 the powerful ruler of Jacob. 29
60:17 Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold,
instead of iron, I will bring you silver,
instead of wood, I will bring you 30 bronze,
instead of stones, I will bring you 31 iron.
I will make prosperity 32 your overseer,
and vindication your sovereign ruler. 33
60:18 Sounds of violence 34 will no longer be heard in your land,
or the sounds of 35 destruction and devastation within your borders.
You will name your walls, ‘Deliverance,’
and your gates, ‘Praise.’
60:19 The sun will no longer supply light for you by day,
nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you;
the Lord will be your permanent source of light –
the splendor of your God will shine upon you. 36
60:20 Your sun will no longer set;
your moon will not disappear; 37
the Lord will be your permanent source of light;
your time 38 of sorrow will be over.
60:21 All of your people will be godly; 39
they will possess the land permanently.
I will plant them like a shoot;
they will be the product of my labor,
through whom I reveal my splendor. 40
60:22 The least of you will multiply into 41 a thousand;
the smallest of you will become a large nation.
When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!” 42
Yesaya 62:1-12
Konteks62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;
for the sake of Jerusalem 43 I will not be quiet,
until her vindication shines brightly 44
and her deliverance burns like a torch.”
62:2 Nations will see your vindication,
and all kings your splendor.
You will be called by a new name
that the Lord himself will give you. 45
62:3 You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the Lord,
a royal turban in the hand of your God.
62:4 You will no longer be called, “Abandoned,”
and your land will no longer be called “Desolate.”
Indeed, 46 you will be called “My Delight is in Her,” 47
and your land “Married.” 48
For the Lord will take delight in you,
and your land will be married to him. 49
62:5 As a young man marries a young woman,
so your sons 50 will marry you.
As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride,
so your God will rejoice over you.
62:6 I 51 post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they should keep praying all day and all night. 52
You who pray to 53 the Lord, don’t be silent!
62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, 54
until he makes Jerusalem the pride 55 of the earth.
62:8 The Lord swears an oath by his right hand,
by his strong arm: 56
“I will never again give your grain
to your enemies as food,
and foreigners will not drink your wine,
which you worked hard to produce.
62:9 But those who harvest the grain 57 will eat it,
and will praise the Lord.
Those who pick the grapes will drink the wine 58
in the courts of my holy sanctuary.”
62:10 Come through! Come through the gates!
Prepare the way for the people!
Build it! Build the roadway!
Remove the stones!
Lift a signal flag for the nations!
62:11 Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: 59
“Say to Daughter Zion,
‘Look, your deliverer comes!
Look, his reward is with him
and his reward goes before him!’” 60
62:12 They will be called, “The Holy People,
the Ones Protected 61 by the Lord.”
You will be called, “Sought After,
City Not Abandoned.”
Yesaya 65:17-25
Konteks65:17 For look, I am ready to create
new heavens and a new earth! 62
The former ones 63 will not be remembered;
no one will think about them anymore. 64
65:18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore
over what I am about to create!
For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem 65 to be a source of joy, 66
and her people to be a source of happiness. 67
65:19 Jerusalem will bring me joy,
and my people will bring me happiness. 68
The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow
will never be heard in her again.
65:20 Never again will one of her infants live just a few days 69
or an old man die before his time. 70
Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, 71
anyone who fails to reach 72 the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
65:21 They will build houses and live in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, 73
or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, 74
for my people will live as long as trees, 75
and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. 76
65:23 They will not work in vain,
or give birth to children that will experience disaster. 77
For the Lord will bless their children
and their descendants. 78
65:24 Before they even call out, 79 I will respond;
while they are still speaking, I will hear.
65:25 A wolf and a lamb will graze together; 80
a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, 81
and a snake’s food will be dirt. 82
They will no longer injure or destroy
on my entire royal mountain,” 83 says the Lord.
Yesaya 66:9-16
Konteks66:9 “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?”
asks the Lord.
“Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?”
asks your God. 84
66:10 Be happy for Jerusalem
and rejoice with her, all you who love her!
Share in her great joy,
all you who have mourned over her!
66:11 For 85 you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; 86
you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. 87
66:12 For this is what the Lord says:
“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river,
the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. 88
You will nurse from her breast 89 and be carried at her side;
you will play on her knees.
66:13 As a mother consoles a child, 90
so I will console you,
and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
66:14 When you see this, you will be happy, 91
and you will be revived. 92
The Lord will reveal his power to his servants
and his anger to his enemies. 93
66:15 For look, the Lord comes with fire,
his chariots come like a windstorm, 94
to reveal his raging anger,
his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. 95
66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity 96
with fire and his sword;
the Lord will kill many. 97
[60:1] 1 tn Or “glory” (so most English versions).
[60:2] 2 tn The verb “covers” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
[60:2] 3 tn Or “glory” (so most English versions); TEV “the brightness of his presence.”
[60:4] 4 tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see!”
[60:5] 5 tn Or “shine,” or “be radiant” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
[60:5] 6 tn Heb “and it will tremble and be wide, your heart.”
[60:5] 7 tn Heb “the wealth of the sea,” i.e., wealth that is transported from distant lands via the sea.
[60:6] 8 tn Heb “an abundance of camels will cover you.”
[60:6] 9 tn Heb “all of them, from Sheba.”
[60:6] 10 tn Heb “and they will announce the praises of the Lord.”
[60:7] 11 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] 12 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 1QIsaa 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] 13 tn Heb “fly” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “fly along.”
[60:8] 14 tn Heb “to their windows,” i.e., to the openings in their coops. See HALOT 83 s.v. אֲרֻבָּה.
[60:9] 15 tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”
[60:9] 16 tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.
[60:9] 17 tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”
[60:9] 18 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[60:10] 19 tn Heb “in my favor I will have compassion on you.”
[60:11] 20 tn Or “led in procession.” The participle is passive.
[60:12] 21 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); TEV “But.”
[60:12] 22 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
[60:13] 23 tn Or “holy place, sanctuary.”
[60:13] 24 tn Heb “the place of my feet.” See Ezek 43:7, where the Lord’s throne is called the “place of the soles of my feet.”
[60:14] 25 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[60:15] 26 tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”
[60:16] 27 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] 28 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
[60:16] 29 sn See 1:24 and 49:26.
[60:17] 30 tn The words “I will bring you” are supplied in the translation; they are understood by ellipsis (see the preceding lines).
[60:17] 31 tn The words “I will bring you” are supplied in the translation; they are understood by ellipsis (see the first two lines of the verse).
[60:17] 32 tn Or “peace” (KJV and many other English versions).
[60:17] 33 tn The plural indicates degree. The language is ironic; in the past Zion was ruled by oppressive tyrants, but now personified prosperity and vindication will be the only things that will “dominate” the city.
[60:18] 34 tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[60:18] 35 tn The words “sounds of” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[60:19] 36 tn Heb “and your God for your splendor.”
[60:20] 37 sn In this verse “sun” and “moon” refer to the Lord’s light, which will replace the sun and moon (see v. 19). Light here symbolizes the restoration of divine blessing and prosperity in conjunction with the Lord’s presence. See 30:26.
[60:20] 38 tn Heb “days” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
[60:21] 39 tn Or “righteous” (NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “just.”
[60:21] 40 tn Heb “a shoot of his planting, the work of my hands, to reveal splendor.”
[60:22] 41 tn Heb “will become” (so NASB, NIV).
[60:22] 42 tn Heb “I, the Lord, in its time, I will quickly do it.”
[62:1] 43 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[62:1] 44 tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”
[62:2] 45 tn Heb “which the mouth of the Lord will designate.”
[62:4] 46 tn Or “for”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “but.”
[62:4] 47 tn Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (kheftsi-vah), traditionally transliterated “Hephzibah” (so KJV, ASV, NIV).
[62:4] 48 tn Hebrew בְּעוּלָה (bÿ’ulah), traditionally transliterated “Beulah” (so KJV, ASV, NIV).
[62:4] 49 tn That is, the land will be restored to the Lord’s favor and once again enjoy his blessing and protection. To indicate the land’s relationship to the Lord, the words “to him” have been supplied at the end of the clause.
[62:5] 50 tc The Hebrew text has “your sons,” but this produces an odd metaphor and is somewhat incongruous with the parallelism. In the context (v. 4b, see also 54:5-7) the Lord is the one who “marries” Zion. Therefore several prefer to emend “your sons” to בֹּנָיִךְ (bonayikh, “your builder”; e.g., NRSV). In Ps 147:2 the Lord is called the “builder of Jerusalem.” However, this emendation is not the best option for at least four reasons. First, although the Lord is never called the “builder” of Jerusalem in Isaiah, the idea of Zion’s children possessing the land does occur (Isa 49:20; 54:3; cf. also 14:1; 60:21). Secondly, all the ancient versions support the MT reading. Thirdly, although the verb בָּעַל (ba’al) can mean “to marry,” its basic idea is “to possess.” Consequently, the verb stresses a relationship more than a state. All the ancient versions render this verb “to dwell in” or “to dwell with.” The point is not just that the land will be reinhabited, but that it will be in a relationship of “belonging” to the Israelites. Hence a relational verb like בָּעַל is used (J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:581). Finally, “sons” is a well-known metaphor for “inhabitants” (J. de Waard, Isaiah, 208).
[62:6] 51 sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.
[62:6] 52 tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.
[62:6] 53 tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”
[62:7] 54 tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.
[62:7] 55 tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”
[62:8] 56 tn The Lord’s right hand and strong arm here symbolize his power and remind the audience that his might guarantees the fulfillment of the following promise.
[62:9] 57 tn Heb “it,” the grain mentioned in v. 8a.
[62:9] 58 tn Heb “and those who gather it will drink it.” The masculine singular pronominal suffixes attached to “gather” and “drink” refer back to the masculine noun תִּירוֹשׁ (tirosh, “wine”) in v. 8b.
[62:11] 59 tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so NASB, NRSV).
[62:11] 60 sn As v. 12 indicates, the returning exiles are the Lord’s reward/prize. See also 40:10 and the note there.
[62:12] 61 tn Or “the redeemed of the Lord” (KJV, NAB).
[65:17] 62 sn This hyperbolic statement likens the coming transformation of Jerusalem (see vv. 18-19) to a new creation of the cosmos.
[65:17] 63 tn Or perhaps, “the former things” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “The events of the past.”
[65:17] 64 tn Heb “and they will not come up on the mind.”
[65:18] 65 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[65:18] 66 tn Heb “Jerusalem, joy.” The next verse suggests the meaning: The Lord will create Jerusalem to be a source of joy to himself.
[65:18] 67 tn Heb “her people, happiness.” See the preceding note.
[65:19] 68 tn Heb “and I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be happy in my people.”
[65:20] 69 tn Heb “and there will not be from there again a nursing infant of days,” i.e., one that lives just a few days.
[65:20] 70 tn Heb “or an old [man] who does not fill out his days.”
[65:20] 71 tn Heb “for the child as a son of one hundred years will die.” The point seems to be that those who die at the age of a hundred will be considered children, for the average life span will be much longer than that. The category “child” will be redefined in light of the expanded life spans that will characterize this new era.
[65:20] 72 tn Heb “the one who misses.” חָטָא (khata’) is used here in its basic sense of “miss the mark.” See HALOT 305 s.v. חטא. Another option is to translate, “and the sinner who reaches the age of a hundred will be cursed.”
[65:22] 73 tn Heb “they will not build, and another live [in it].”
[65:22] 74 tn Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”
[65:22] 75 tn Heb “for like the days of the tree [will be] the days of my people.”
[65:22] 76 tn Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”
[65:23] 77 tn Heb “and they will not give birth to horror.”
[65:23] 78 tn Heb “for offspring blessed by the Lord they [will be], and their descendants along with them.”
[65:24] 79 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
[65:25] 80 sn A similar statement appears in 11:6.
[65:25] 81 sn These words also appear in 11:7.
[65:25] 82 sn Some see an allusion to Gen 3:14 (note “you will eat dirt”). The point would be that even in this new era the snake (often taken as a symbol of Satan) remains under God’s curse. However, it is unlikely that such an allusion exists. Even if there is an echo of Gen 3:14, the primary allusion is to 11:8, where snakes are pictured as no longer dangerous. They will no longer attack other living creatures, but will be content to crawl along the ground. (The statement “you will eat dirt” in Gen 3:14 means “you will crawl on the ground.” In the same way the statement “dirt will be its food” in Isa 65:25 means “it will crawl on the ground.”)
[65:25] 83 tn Heb “in all my holy mountain.” These same words appear in 11:9. See the note there.
[65:25] sn As in 11:1-9 the prophet anticipates a time when the categories predator-prey no longer exist. See the note at the end of 11:8.
[66:9] 84 sn The rhetorical questions expect the answer, “Of course not!”
[66:11] 85 tn Or “in order that”; ASV, NRSV “that.”
[66:11] 86 tn Heb “you will suck and be satisfied, from her comforting breast.”
[66:11] 87 tn Heb “you will slurp and refresh yourselves from her heavy breast.”
[66:11] sn Zion’s residents will benefit from and enjoy her great material prosperity. See v. 12.
[66:12] 88 tn Heb “Look, I am ready to extend to her like a river prosperity [or “peace”], and like an overflowing stream, the riches of nations.”
[66:12] 89 tn The words “from her breast” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 11).
[66:13] 90 tn Heb “like a man whose mother comforts him.”
[66:14] 91 tn “and you will see and your heart will be happy.”
[66:14] 92 tn Heb “and your bones like grass will sprout.”
[66:14] 93 tn Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”
[66:15] 94 sn Chariots are like a windstorm in their swift movement and in the way that they kick up dust.
[66:15] 95 tn Heb “to cause to return with the rage of his anger, and his battle cry [or “rebuke”] with flames of fire.”
[66:16] 96 tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “upon all men”; TEV “all the people of the world.”
