33:25 The bars of your gates 3 will be made of iron and bronze,
and may you have lifelong strength.
65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, 4
or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, 5
for my people will live as long as trees, 6
and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. 7
1 tn Or “abort”; Heb “cast.”
2 sn No one will die prematurely; this applies to the individual or the nation. The plan of God to bless was extensive, if only the people would obey.
3 tn The words “of your gates” have been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent of “bars.”
4 tn Heb “they will not build, and another live [in it].”
5 tn Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”
6 tn Heb “for like the days of the tree [will be] the days of my people.”
7 tn Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”