8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord,
who has rejected the family of Jacob; 1
I will wait for him.
17:4 “At that time 2
Jacob’s splendor will be greatly diminished, 3
and he will become skin and bones. 4
43:22 “But you did not call for me, O Jacob;
you did not long 5 for me, O Israel.
43:28 So I defiled your holy princes,
and handed Jacob over to destruction,
and subjected 6 Israel to humiliating abuse.”
59:20 “A protector 7 comes to Zion,
to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” 8 says the Lord.
1 tn Heb “who hides his face from the house of Jacob.”
2 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
3 tn Heb “will be tiny.”
4 tn Heb “and the fatness of his flesh will be made lean.”
5 tn Or “strive”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “been weary of me.”
6 tn The word “subjected” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
8 tn Heb “and to those who turn from rebellion in Jacob.”