18:7 At that time
tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies,
by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned,
a people that are feared far and wide,
a nation strong and victorious,
whose land rivers divide. 1
The tribute 2 will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. 3
22:25 “At that time,” 4 says the Lord who commands armies, “the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” 5 Indeed, 6 the Lord has spoken.
45:14 This is what the Lord says:
“The profit 7 of Egypt and the revenue 8 of Ethiopia,
along with the Sabeans, those tall men,
will be brought to you 9 and become yours.
They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. 10
They will bow down to you
and pray to you: 11
‘Truly God is with 12 you; he has no peer; 13
there is no other God!’”
49:7 This is what the Lord,
the protector 14 of Israel, their Holy One, 15 says
to the one who is despised 16 and rejected 17 by nations, 18
a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and rise in respect, 19
princes will bow down,
because of the faithful Lord,
the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!
Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the desolate one are more numerous
than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
60:9 Indeed, the coastlands 20 look eagerly for me,
the large ships 21 are in the lead,
bringing your sons from far away,
along with their silver and gold,
to honor the Lord your God, 22
the Holy One of Israel, 23 for he has bestowed honor on you.
66:5 Hear the word of the Lord,
you who respect what he has to say! 24
Your countrymen, 25 who hate you
and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name,
say, “May the Lord be glorified,
then we will witness your joy.” 26
But they will be put to shame.
1 tn On the interpretive difficulties of this verse, see the notes at v. 2, where the same terminology is used.
2 tn The words “the tribute” are repeated here in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “to the place of the name of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], Mount Zion.”
4 tn Or “In that day” (KJV).
5 sn Eliakim’s authority, though seemingly secure, will eventually be removed, and with it his family’s prominence.
6 tn Or “for” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).
7 tn Heb “labor,” which stands metonymically for the fruits of labor, either “monetary profit,” or “products.”
8 tn Or perhaps, “merchandise” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “the gain of Ethiopia”; CEV “the treasures of Ethiopia.”
9 tn Heb “they will pass over to you”; NASB, NIV “will come over to you”; CEV “will belong to you.”
10 sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute.
11 sn Israel’s vassals are portrayed as so intimidated and awed that they treat Israel as an intermediary to God or sub-deity.
12 tn Or perhaps, “among.” Cf. KJV, ASV “Surely God is in thee.”
13 tn Heb “there is no other” (so NIV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs at the end of v. 18, in v. 21, and at the end of v. 22.
14 tn Heb “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
15 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
16 tc The Hebrew text reads literally “to [one who] despises life.” It is preferable to read with the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa לבזוי, which should be vocalized as a passive participle, לִבְזוּי (livzuy, “to the one despised with respect to life” [נֶפֶשׁ is a genitive of specification]). The consonantal sequence וי was probably misread as ה in the MT tradition. The contextual argument favors the 1QIsaa reading. As J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 2:294) points out, the three terse phrases “convey a picture of lowliness, worthlessness, and helplessness.”
17 tn MT’s Piel participle (“to the one who rejects”) does not fit contextually. The form should be revocalized as a Pual, “to the one rejected.”
18 tn Parallelism (see “rulers,” “kings,” “princes”) suggests that the singular גּוֹי (goy) be emended to a plural or understood in a collective sense (see 55:5).
19 tn For this sense of קוּם (qum), see Gen 19:1; 23:7; 33:10; Lev 19:32; 1 Sam 20:41; 25:41; 1 Kgs 2:19; Job 29:8.
20 tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”
21 tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.
22 tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”
23 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
24 tn Heb “who tremble at his word.”
25 tn Heb “brothers” (so NASB, NIV); NRSV “Your own people”; NLT “Your close relatives.”
26 tn Or “so that we might witness your joy.” The point of this statement is unclear.