47:7 You said,
‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ 1
You did not think about these things; 2
you did not consider how it would turn out. 3
60:15 You were once abandoned
and despised, with no one passing through,
but I will make you 4 a permanent source of pride
and joy to coming generations.
60:20 Your sun will no longer set;
your moon will not disappear; 5
the Lord will be your permanent source of light;
your time 6 of sorrow will be over.
61:8 For I, the Lord, love justice
and hate robbery and sin.
I will repay them because of my faithfulness; 7
I will make a permanent covenant with them.
1 tn Heb “Forever I [will be] permanent queen”; NIV “the eternal queen”; CEV “queen forever.”
2 tn Heb “you did not set these things upon your heart [or “mind”].”
3 tn Heb “you did not remember its outcome”; NAB “you disregarded their outcome.”
4 tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”
5 sn In this verse “sun” and “moon” refer to the Lord’s light, which will replace the sun and moon (see v. 19). Light here symbolizes the restoration of divine blessing and prosperity in conjunction with the Lord’s presence. See 30:26.
6 tn Heb “days” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
7 tn Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”