Yesaya 49:8

49:8 This is what the Lord says:

“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you;

in the day of deliverance I will help you;

I will protect you ¹  and make you a covenant mediator for people, ² 

to rebuild ³  the land ⁴ 

and to reassign the desolate property.

Yesaya 65:22

65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, ⁵ 

or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, ⁶ 

for my people will live as long as trees, ⁷ 

and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. ⁸ 

[49:8]  ¹ tn The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצָר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצָר (yatsar, “form”).

[49:8]  ² tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. Here עָם (’am, “people”) appears to refer to Israel. See the note at 42:6.

[49:8]  ³ tn The Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “arise”) is probably used here in the sense of “rebuild.”

[49:8]  ⁴ tn The “land” probably stands by metonymy for the ruins within it.

[65:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “they will not build, and another live [in it].”

[65:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”

[65:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “for like the days of the tree [will be] the days of my people.”

[65:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”