Kejadian 21:23

21:23 Now swear to me right here in God’s name ¹  that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. ²  Show me, and the land ³  where you are staying, ⁴  the same loyalty ⁵  that I have shown you.” ⁶ 

Yesaya 60:1-2

Zion’s Future Splendor

60:1 “Arise! Shine! For your light arrives!

The splendor ⁷  of the Lord shines on you!

60:2 For, look, darkness covers the earth

and deep darkness covers ⁸  the nations,

but the Lord shines on you;

his splendor ⁹  appears over you.

Yehezkiel 43:2

43:2 I saw ¹⁰  the glory of the God of Israel ¹¹  coming from the east; ¹²  the sound was like that of rushing water; ¹³  and the earth radiated ¹⁴  his glory.

Yehezkiel 15:8

15:8 I will make ¹⁵  the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord.”

[21:23]  ¹ tn Heb “And now swear to me by God here.”

[21:23]  ² tn Heb “my offspring and my descendants.”

[21:23]  ³ tn The word “land” refers by metonymy to the people in the land.

[21:23]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew verb means “to stay, to live, to sojourn” as a temporary resident without ownership rights.

[21:23]  ⁵ tn Or “kindness.”

[21:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “According to the loyalty which I have done with you, do with me and with the land in which you are staying.”

[60:1]  ⁷ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions).

[60:2]  ⁸ tn The verb “covers” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[60:2]  ⁹ tn Or “glory” (so most English versions); TEV “the brightness of his presence.”

[43:2]  ¹⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

[43:2]  ¹¹ sn This same title appears in 8:4; 9:3; 10:19; and 11:22.

[43:2]  ¹² sn Earlier Ezekiel had observed God leaving the temple to the east (11:23).

[43:2]  ¹³ sn See Ezek 1:24; Rev 1:15; 14:2; 19:6.

[43:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “shone from.”

[15:8]  ¹⁵ tn The word translated “make” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in v. 6.