Yesaya 55:13

55:13 Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes,

firs will grow in place of nettles;

they will be a monument to the Lord, ¹ 

a permanent reminder that will remain. ² 

Yesaya 65:22

65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, ³ 

or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, ⁴ 

for my people will live as long as trees, ⁵ 

and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. ⁶ 

[55:13]  ¹ tn Heb “to the Lord for a name.” For שֵׁם (shem) used in the sense of “monument,” see also 56:5, where it stands parallel to יָד (yad).

[55:13]  ² tn Or, more literally, “a permanent sign that will not be cut off.”

[65:22]  ³ tn Heb “they will not build, and another live [in it].”

[65:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”

[65:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “for like the days of the tree [will be] the days of my people.”

[65:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”