45:3 I will give you hidden treasures, 1
riches stashed away in secret places,
so you may recognize that I am the Lord,
the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel.
45:19 I have not spoken in secret,
in some hidden place. 2
I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,
‘Seek me in vain!’ 3
I am the Lord,
the one who speaks honestly,
who makes reliable announcements. 4
1 tn Heb “treasures of darkness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “treasures from dark, secret places.”
2 tn Heb “in a place of a land of darkness” (ASV similar); NASB “in some dark land.”
3 tn “In vain” translates תֹהוּ (tohu), used here as an adverbial accusative: “for nothing.”
4 tn The translation above assumes that צֶדֶק (tsedeq) and מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim) are adverbial accusatives (see 33:15). If they are taken as direct objects, indicating the content of what is spoken, one might translate, “who proclaims deliverance, who announces justice.”