55:5 Look, you will summon nations 1 you did not previously know;
nations 2 that did not previously know you will run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, 3
for he bestows honor on you.
55:10 4 The rain and snow fall from the sky
and do not return,
but instead water the earth
and make it produce and yield crops,
and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.
1 tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).
2 tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.
3 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
4 tn This verse begins in the Hebrew text with כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר (ki ka’asher, “for, just as”), which is completed by כֵּן (ken, “so, in the same way”) at the beginning of v. 11. For stylistic reasons, this lengthy sentence is divided up into separate sentences in the translation.