2:15 for every high tower,
for every fortified wall,
3:2 the mighty men and warriors,
judges and prophets,
omen readers and leaders, 1
10:31 Madmenah flees,
the residents of Gebim have hidden.
13:15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed;
everyone who is seized 2 will die 3 by the sword.
26:6 It is trampled underfoot
by the feet of the oppressed,
by the soles of the poor.”
32:8 An honorable man makes honorable plans;
his honorable character gives him security. 4
45:14 This is what the Lord says:
“The profit 5 of Egypt and the revenue 6 of Ethiopia,
along with the Sabeans, those tall men,
will be brought to you 7 and become yours.
They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. 8
They will bow down to you
and pray to you: 9
‘Truly God is with 10 you; he has no peer; 11
there is no other God!’”
50:3 I can clothe the sky in darkness;
I can cover it with sackcloth.”
60:3 Nations come to your light,
kings to your bright light.
1 tn Heb “elder” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NCV “older leaders.”
2 tn Heb “carried off,” i.e., grabbed from the fleeing crowd. See HALOT 764 s.v. ספה.
3 tn Heb “will fall” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NLT “will be run through with a sword.”
4 tn Heb “and he upon honorable things stands.”
5 tn Heb “labor,” which stands metonymically for the fruits of labor, either “monetary profit,” or “products.”
6 tn Or perhaps, “merchandise” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “the gain of Ethiopia”; CEV “the treasures of Ethiopia.”
7 tn Heb “they will pass over to you”; NASB, NIV “will come over to you”; CEV “will belong to you.”
8 sn Restored Israel is depicted here in typical ancient Near Eastern fashion as an imperial power that receives riches and slaves as tribute.
9 sn Israel’s vassals are portrayed as so intimidated and awed that they treat Israel as an intermediary to God or sub-deity.
10 tn Or perhaps, “among.” Cf. KJV, ASV “Surely God is in thee.”
11 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.