52:7 How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains 1
the feet of a messenger who announces peace,
a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” 2
46:10 who announces the end from the beginning
and reveals beforehand 3 what has not yet occurred,
who says, ‘My plan will be realized,
I will accomplish what I desire,’
62:11 Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: 4
“Say to Daughter Zion,
‘Look, your deliverer comes!
Look, his reward is with him
and his reward goes before him!’” 5
1 tn Heb “How delightful on the mountains.”
2 tn Or “has become king.” When a new king was enthroned, his followers would give this shout. For other examples of this enthronement formula (Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular מָלַךְ [malakh], followed by the name of the king), see 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13. The Lord is an eternal king, but here he is pictured as a victorious warrior who establishes his rule from Zion.
3 tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”
4 tn Heb “to the end of the earth” (so NASB, NRSV).
5 sn As v. 12 indicates, the returning exiles are the Lord’s reward/prize. See also 40:10 and the note there.