9:3 When my enemies turn back,
they trip and are defeated 1 before you.
35:10 those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. 2
They will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 3
happiness and joy will overwhelm 4 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 5
51:11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return;
they will enter Zion with a happy shout.
Unending joy will crown them, 6
happiness and joy will overwhelm 7 them;
grief and suffering will disappear. 8
1 tn Or “perish”; or “die.” The imperfect verbal forms in this line either emphasize what typically happens or describe vividly the aftermath of a recent battle in which the
2 tn Heb “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”
3 tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.
4 tn Heb “will overtake” (NIV); NLT “they will be overcome with.”
5 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee”; KJV “sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”
6 tn Heb “[will be] on their head[s].” “Joy” may be likened here to a crown (cf. 2 Sam 1:10). The statement may also be an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Sam 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice.
7 tn Heb “overtake” (so NIV); NASB “they will obtain.”
8 tn Heb “grief and groaning will flee.”