59:21 “As for me, this is my promise to 1 them,” says the Lord. “My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” 2 says the Lord.
65:8 This is what the Lord says:
“When 3 juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,
someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ 4
So I will do for the sake of my servants –
I will not destroy everyone. 5
1 tn Or “my covenant with” (so many English versions); NCV “my agreement with.”
sn The Lord promises the repentant (note “to them”) that they and their offspring will possess his spirit and function as his spokesmen. In this regard they follow in the footsteps of the Lord’s special servant. See 42:1; 49:2; 51:16.
2 tn Heb “from now and on into the future.”
3 tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”
4 tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”
5 tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”