Yesaya 57:10-12

57:10 Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, ¹ 

but you do not say, ‘I give up.’ ² 

You get renewed energy, ³ 

so you don’t collapse. ⁴ 

57:11 Whom are you worried about?

Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully

and not remember me

or think about me? ⁵ 

Because I have been silent for so long, ⁶ 

you are not afraid of me. ⁷ 

57:12 I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, ⁸ 

but they will not help you.

[57:10]  ¹ tn Heb “by the greatness [i.e., “length,” see BDB 914 s.v. רֹב 2] of your way you get tired.”

[57:10]  ² tn Heb “it is hopeless” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NRSV “It is useless.”

[57:10]  ³ tn Heb “the life of your hand you find.” The term חַיָּה (khayyah, “life”) is here used in the sense of “renewal” (see BDB 312 s.v.) while יָד (yad) is used of “strength.”

[57:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “you do not grow weak.”

[57:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”

[57:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”

[57:11]  ⁷ sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.

[57:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “I, I will declare your righteousness and your deeds.”