43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord,
“my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may consider 1 and believe in me,
and understand that I am he.
No god was formed before me,
and none will outlive me. 2
49:5 So now the Lord says,
the one who formed me from birth 3 to be his servant –
he did this 4 to restore Jacob to himself,
so that Israel might be gathered to him;
and I will be honored 5 in the Lord’s sight,
for my God is my source of strength 6 –
1 tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”
3 tn Heb “from the womb” (so KJV, NASB).
4 tn The words “he did this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the infinitive construct of purpose is subordinated to the previous statement.
5 tn The vav (ו) + imperfect is translated here as a result clause; one might interpret it as indicating purpose, “and so I might be honored.”
6 tn Heb “and my God is [perhaps, “having been”] my strength.” The disjunctive structure (vav [ו] + subject + verb) is interpreted here as indicating a causal circumstantial clause.