Yesaya 24:16
Konteks24:16 From the ends of the earth we 1 hear songs –
the Just One is majestic. 2
But I 3 say, “I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed!
Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!” 4
Yesaya 49:6
Konteks49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,
to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the remnant 5 of Israel? 6
I will make you a light to the nations, 7
so you can bring 8 my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”
Yesaya 52:10
Konteks52:10 The Lord reveals 9 his royal power 10
in the sight of all the nations;
the entire 11 earth sees
our God deliver. 12
[24:16] 1 sn The identity of the subject is unclear. Apparently in vv. 15-16a an unidentified group responds to the praise they hear in the west by exhorting others to participate.
[24:16] 2 tn Heb “Beauty belongs to the just one.” These words may summarize the main theme of the songs mentioned in the preceding line.
[24:16] 3 sn The prophet seems to contradict what he hears the group saying. Their words are premature because more destruction is coming.
[24:16] 4 tn Heb “and [with] deception deceivers deceive.”
[24:16] tn Verse 16b is a classic example of Hebrew wordplay. In the first line (“I’m wasting away…”) four consecutive words end with hireq yod ( ִי); in the second line all forms are derived from the root בָּגַד (bagad). The repetition of sound draws attention to the prophet’s lament.
[49:6] 5 tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”
[49:6] 6 sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.
[49:6] 7 tn See the note at 42:6.
[49:6] 8 tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”
[52:10] 9 tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”
[52:10] 10 tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.
[52:10] 11 tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.
[52:10] 12 tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.