59:19 In the west, people respect 1 the Lord’s reputation; 2
in the east they recognize his splendor. 3
For he comes like a rushing 4 stream
driven on by wind sent from the Lord. 5
1 tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew
2 tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”
3 tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”
4 tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”
5 tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).