54:3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your children will conquer 1 nations
and will resettle desolate cities.
54:11 “O afflicted one, driven away, 2 and unconsoled!
Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony
and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.
54:12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems, 3
your gates out of beryl, 4
and your outer wall 5 out of beautiful 6 stones.
1 tn Or “take possession of”; NAB “shall dispossess.”
2 tn Or, more literally, “windblown, storm tossed.”
3 tn Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
4 tn On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (’eqdakh), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.
5 tn Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”
6 tn Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”