Yesaya 46:2

46:2 Together they bend low and kneel down;

they are unable to rescue the images; ¹ 

they themselves ²  head off into captivity. ³ 

Yesaya 54:12

54:12 I will make your pinnacles out of gems, ⁴ 

your gates out of beryl, ⁵ 

and your outer wall ⁶  out of beautiful ⁷  stones.

Yesaya 66:11

66:11 For ⁸  you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; ⁹ 

you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. ¹⁰ 

[46:2]  ¹ tn Heb “[the] burden,” i.e., their images, the heavy burden carried by the animals.

[46:2]  ² tn נַפְשָׁם (nafsham, “their souls/lives”) is equivalent here to a third masculine plural suffix, but the third feminine singular verb הָלָכָה (halakhah, “they go”) agrees with the feminine noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul, life”).

[46:2]  ³ sn The downfall of Babylon is depicted here. The idols are carried off by the victorious enemy; the gods are likened to defeated captives who cower before the enemy and are taken into exile.

[54:12]  ⁴ tn Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[54:12]  ⁵ tn On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (’eqdakh), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.

[54:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”

[54:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”

[66:11]  ⁸ tn Or “in order that”; ASV, NRSV “that.”

[66:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “you will suck and be satisfied, from her comforting breast.”

[66:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “you will slurp and refresh yourselves from her heavy breast.”

[66:11]  sn Zion’s residents will benefit from and enjoy her great material prosperity. See v. 12.