3:25 Your 1 men will fall by the sword,
your strong men will die in battle. 2
25:3 So a strong nation will extol you;
the towns of 3 powerful nations will fear you.
40:30 Even youths get tired and weary;
even strong young men clumsily stumble. 4
41:6 They help one another; 5
one says to the other, ‘Be strong!’
1 tn The pronoun is feminine singular, suggesting personified Zion, as representative of its women, is the addressee. The reference to “her gates’ in v. 26 makes this identification almost certain.
2 tn Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.
3 tn The Hebrew text has a singular form, but it should be emended to a plural or eliminated altogether. The noun may have been accidentally copied from the preceding verse.
4 tn Heb “stumbling they stumble.” The verbal idea is emphasized by the infinitive absolute.
5 tn Heb “each his neighbor helps”; NCV “The workers help each other.”