60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls;
their kings will serve you.
Even though I struck you down in my anger,
I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. 1
66:2 My hand made them; 2
that is how they came to be,” 3 says the Lord.
I show special favor 4 to the humble and contrite,
who respect what I have to say. 5
1 tn Heb “in my favor I will have compassion on you.”
2 tn Heb “all these.” The phrase refers to the heavens and earth, mentioned in the previous verse.
3 tn Heb “and all these were.” Some prefer to emend וַיִּהְיוּ (vayyihyu, “and they were”) to וְלִי הָיוּ (vÿli hayu, “and to me they were”), i.e., “and they belong to me.”
4 tn Heb “and to this one I look” (KJV and NASB both similar).
5 tn Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”