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 

Mazmur 85:12

85:12 Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, ³ 

and our land will yield ⁴  its crops.

Yesaya 41:2

41:2 Who stirs up this one from the east? ⁵ 

Who ⁶  officially commissions him for service? ⁷ 

He hands nations over to him, ⁸ 

and enables him to subdue ⁹  kings.

He makes them like dust with his sword,

like windblown straw with his bow. ¹⁰ 

Yesaya 46:13

46:13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;

I am bringing my salvation near, ¹¹  it does not wait.

I will save Zion; ¹² 

I will adorn Israel with my splendor.” ¹³ 

[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.”

[85:12]  ³ tn Heb “what is good.”

[85:12]  ⁴ tn Both “bestow” and “yield” translate the same Hebrew verb (נָתַן, natan). The repetition of the word emphasizes that agricultural prosperity is the direct result of divine blessing.

[41:2]  ⁵ sn The expression this one from the east refers to the Persian conqueror Cyrus, as later texts indicate (see 44:28-45:6; 46:11; 48:14-16).

[41:2]  ⁶ tn The interrogative particle is understood by ellipsis.

[41:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “[in] righteousness called him to his foot.”

[41:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “he [the Lord] places before him [Cyrus] nations.”

[41:2]  ⁹ tn The verb יַרְדְּ (yardÿ) is an otherwise unattested Hiphil form from רָדָה (radah, “rule”). But the Hiphil makes no sense with “kings” as object; one must understand an ellipsis and supply “him” (Cyrus) as the object. The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has יוֹרִד (yorid), which appears to be a Hiphil form from יָרַד (yarad, “go down”). Others suggest reading יָרֹד (yarod), a Qal form from רָדַד (radad, “beat down”).

[41:2]  ¹⁰ sn The point is that they are powerless before Cyrus’ military power and scatter before him.

[46:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “my salvation.” The verb “I am bringing near” is understood by ellipsis (note the previous line).

[46:13]  ¹² tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”

[46:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “to Israel my splendor”; KJV, ASV “for Israel my glory.”