Yesaya 25:9

25:9 At that time they will say, ¹ 

“Look, here ²  is our God!

We waited for him and he delivered us.

Here ³  is the Lord! We waited for him.

Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Yesaya 60:5

60:5 Then you will look and smile, ⁴ 

you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. ⁵ 

For the riches of distant lands ⁶  will belong to you

and the wealth of nations will come to you.

Yoel 2:23

2:23 Citizens of Zion, ⁷  rejoice!

Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! ⁸ 

For he has given to you the early rains ⁹  as vindication.

He has sent ¹⁰  to you the rains –

both the early and the late rains ¹¹  as formerly.

[25:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and one will say in that day.”

[25:9]  ² tn Heb “this [one].”

[25:9]  ³ tn Heb “this [one].”

[60:5]  ⁴ tn Or “shine,” or “be radiant” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[60:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it will tremble and be wide, your heart.”

[60:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “the wealth of the sea,” i.e., wealth that is transported from distant lands via the sea.

[2:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “sons of Zion.”

[2:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “be glad in the Lord your God.”

[2:23]  ⁹ tn Normally the Hebrew word הַמּוֹרֶה (hammoreh) means “the teacher,” but here and in Ps 84:7 it refers to “early rains.” Elsewhere the word for “early rains” is יוֹרֶה (yoreh). The phrase here הַמּוֹרֶה לִצְדָקָה (hammoreh litsdaqah) is similar to the expression “teacher of righteousness” (Heb., מוֹרֶה הַצֶּדֶק , moreh hatsedeq) found in the Dead Sea Scrolls referring to a particular charismatic leader, although the Qumran community seems not to have invoked this text in support of that notion.

[2:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “caused to come down.”

[2:23]  ¹¹ sn For half the year Palestine is generally dry. The rainy season begins with the early rains usually in late October to early December, followed by the latter rains in March and April. Without these rains productive farming would not be possible, as Joel’s original readers knew only too well.