Yesaya 30:19-20

30:19 For people will live in Zion;

in Jerusalem ¹  you will weep no more. ² 

When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy;

when he hears it, he will respond to you. ³ 

30:20 The sovereign master ⁴  will give you distress to eat

and suffering to drink; ⁵ 

but your teachers will no longer be hidden;

your eyes will see them. ⁶ 

[30:19]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[30:19]  ² tn Heb “For people in Zion will live, in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.” The phrase “in Jerusalem” could be taken with what precedes. Some prefer to emend יֵשֵׁב (yeshev, “will live,” a Qal imperfect) to יֹשֵׁב (yoshev, a Qal active participle) and translate “For [you] people in Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.”

[30:19]  ³ tn Heb “he will indeed show you mercy at the sound of your crying out; when he hears, he will answer you.”

[30:20]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

[30:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the Master will give to you bread – distress, and water – oppression.”

[30:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “but your teachers will no longer be hidden, your eyes will be seeing your teachers.” The translation assumes that the form מוֹרֶיךָ (morekha) is a plural participle, referring to spiritual leaders such as prophets and priests. Another possibility is that the form is actually singular (see GKC 273-74 §93.ss) or a plural of respect, referring to God as the master teacher. See HALOT 560-61 s.v. III מוֹרֶה. For discussion of the views, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:560.