Discovery BoxIsaiah 51:5 
Context51:5 I am ready to vindicate, 1
I am ready to deliver, 2
I will establish justice among the nations. 3
The coastlands 4 wait patiently for me;
they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. 5
Isaiah 51:8
Context51:8 For a moth will eat away at them like clothes;
a clothes moth will devour them like wool.
But the vindication I provide 6 will be permanent;
the deliverance I give will last.”
1 tn Heb “my righteousness [or “vindication”] is near.”
2 tn Heb “my deliverance goes forth.”
3 tn Heb “and my arms will judge [on behalf of] nations.”
4 tn Or “islands” (NIV); TEV “Distant lands.”
5 tn Heb “for my arm” (so NIV, NRSV).
6 tn Heb “my vindication”; many English versions “my righteousness”; NRSV, TEV “my deliverance”; CEV “my victory.”
