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
49:8 This is what the Lord says:
“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you;
in the day of deliverance I will help you;
I will protect you 3 and make you a covenant mediator for people, 4
to rebuild 5 the land 6
and to reassign the desolate property.
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 The translation assumes the verb is derived from the root נָצָר (natsar, “protect”). Some prefer to derive it from the root יָצָר (yatsar, “form”).
4 tn Heb “a covenant of people.” A person cannot literally be a covenant; בְּרִית (bÿrit) is probably metonymic here, indicating a covenant mediator. Here עָם (’am, “people”) appears to refer to Israel. See the note at 42:6.
5 tn The Hiphil of קוּם (qum, “arise”) is probably used here in the sense of “rebuild.”
6 tn The “land” probably stands by metonymy for the ruins within it.