Yesaya 51:12

51:12 “I, I am the one who consoles you. ¹ 

Why are you afraid of mortal men,

of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? ² 

Yesaya 66:10-13

66:10 Be happy for Jerusalem

and rejoice with her, all you who love her!

Share in her great joy,

all you who have mourned over her!

66:11 For ³  you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; ⁴ 

you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. ⁵ 

66:12 For this is what the Lord says:

“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river,

the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. ⁶ 

You will nurse from her breast ⁷  and be carried at her side;

you will play on her knees.

66:13 As a mother consoles a child, ⁸ 

so I will console you,

and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

[51:12]  ¹ tc The plural suffix should probably be emended to the second masculine singular (which is used in v. 13). The final mem (ם) is probably dittographic; note the mem at the beginning of the next word.

[51:12]  ² tn Heb “Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, and of the son of man who [as] grass is given up?” The feminine singular forms should probably be emended to the masculine singular (see v. 13). They have probably been influenced by the construction אַתְּ־הִיא (’at-hi’) in vv. 9-10.

[66:11]  ³ tn Or “in order that”; ASV, NRSV “that.”

[66:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “you will suck and be satisfied, from her comforting breast.”

[66:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “you will slurp and refresh yourselves from her heavy breast.”

[66:11]  sn Zion’s residents will benefit from and enjoy her great material prosperity. See v. 12.

[66:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look, I am ready to extend to her like a river prosperity [or “peace”], and like an overflowing stream, the riches of nations.”

[66:12]  ⁷ tn The words “from her breast” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 11).

[66:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “like a man whose mother comforts him.”