50:41 “Look! An army is about to come from the north.
A mighty nation and many kings 4 are stirring into action
in faraway parts of the earth.
1 tn Heb “Get [or fetch] him.” The referent is supplied for clarity.
2 tn Or “take care of him”; Heb “set your eyes on him.” For the meaning of this idiom see BDB 963 s.v. שִׂים 2.c and compare 24:6 where the phrase “for good” is added.
3 tn Heb “Don’t do anything evil [= harmful] to him.”
4 sn A mighty nation and many kings is an allusion to the Medo-Persian empire and the vassal kings who provided forces for the Medo-Persian armies.