33:18 Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, 1
and you will ask yourselves, 2 “Where is the scribe?
Where is the one who weighs the money?
Where is the one who counts the towers?” 3
65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; 4
I appeared to those who did not look for me. 5
I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
to a nation that did not invoke 6 my name.
1 tn Heb “your heart will meditate on terror.”
2 tn The words “and you will ask yourselves” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.
3 sn The people refer to various Assyrian officials who were responsible for determining the amount of taxation or tribute Judah must pay to the Assyrian king.
4 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be sought by those who did not ask.”
5 tn Heb “I allowed myself to be found by those who did not seek.”
6 tn Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”