8:15 Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, 1
and will fall and be seriously injured,
and will be ensnared and captured.”
51:1 “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, 2
who seek the Lord!
Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,
at the quarry 3 from which you were dug! 4
1 tn Heb “over them” (so NASB); NCV “over this rock.”
2 tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “justice”; NLT “hope for deliverance.”
3 tn Heb “the excavation of the hole.”
4 sn The “rock” and “quarry” refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation.