54:12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems, 1
your gates out of beryl, 2
and your outer wall 3 out of beautiful 4 stones.
61:5 5 “Foreigners will take care of 6 your sheep;
foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.
1 tn Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
2 tn On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (’eqdakh), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.
3 tn Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”
4 tn Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”
5 sn The Lord speaks in vv. 7-8 (and possibly v. 9). It is not clear where the servant’s speech (see vv. 1-3a) ends and the Lord’s begins. Perhaps the direct address to the people signals the beginning of the Lord’s speech.
6 tn Heb “will stand [in position] and shepherd.”