Yesaya 60:16

60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;

you will nurse at the breasts of kings. ¹ 

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

your protector, ²  the powerful ruler of Jacob. ³ 

Yesaya 66:11

66:11 For ⁴  you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; ⁵ 

you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. ⁶ 

[60:16]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[60:16]  ³ sn See 1:24 and 49:26.

[66:11]  ⁴ tn Or “in order that”; ASV, NRSV “that.”

[66:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “you will suck and be satisfied, from her comforting breast.”

[66:11]  ⁶ 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.