Yesaya 45:24

45:24 they will say about me,

“Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer.”’” ¹ 

All who are angry at him will cower before him. ² 

Yesaya 61:10

61:10 I ³  will greatly rejoice ⁴  in the Lord;

I will be overjoyed because of my God. ⁵ 

For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;

he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. ⁶ 

I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;

I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry. ⁷ 

[45:24]  ¹ tn Heb “‘Yes, in the Lord,’ one says about me, ‘is deliverance and strength.’”

[45:24]  ² tn Heb “will come to him and be ashamed.”

[61:10]  ³ sn The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord’s promise of restoration.

[61:10]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[61:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “my being is happy in my God”; NAB “in my God is the joy of my soul.”

[61:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “robe of vindication”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “robe of righteousness.”

[61:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.” The words “I look” are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.