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Isaiah 54:14-16
New English Translation
Isaiah 54:14-16
New English Translation
14 You will be reestablished when I vindicate you.[a]
You will not experience oppression;[b]
indeed, you will not be afraid.
You will not be terrified,[c]
for nothing frightening[d] will come near you.
15 If anyone dares to[e] challenge you, it will not be my doing!
Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.[f]
16 Look, I create the craftsman,
who fans the coals into a fire
and forges a weapon.[g]
I create the destroyer so he might devastate.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 54:14 tn Heb “in righteousness [or “vindication”] you will be established.” The precise meaning of צְדָקָה (tsedaqah) here is uncertain. It could mean “righteousness, justice,” indicating that the city will be a center for justice. But the context focuses on deliverance, suggesting that the term means “deliverance, vindication” here.
- Isaiah 54:14 tn Heb “Be far from oppression!” The imperative is used here in a rhetorical manner to express certainty and assurance. See GKC 324 §110.c.
- Isaiah 54:14 tn Heb “from terror.” The rhetorical command, “be far” is understood by ellipsis here. Note the preceding context.
- Isaiah 54:14 tn Heb “it,” i.e., the “terror” just mentioned.
- Isaiah 54:15 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb here for emphasis.
- Isaiah 54:15 tn Heb “will fall over you.” The expression נָפַל עַל (nafal ʿal) can mean “attack,” but here it means “fall over to,” i.e., “surrender to.”
- Isaiah 54:16 tn Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”
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