43:3 For I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 1 your deliverer.
I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price,
Ethiopia and Seba 2 in place of you.
47:6 I was angry at my people;
I defiled my special possession
and handed them over to you.
You showed them no mercy; 3
you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. 4
1 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
2 sn Seba is not the same as Sheba in southern Arabia; cf. Gen 1:10; 1 Chr 1:9.
3 tn Or “compassion.”
4 tn Heb “on the old you made very heavy your yoke.”