translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “the curtains of our dwelling places let them stretch out.”


text: Heb “your stakes strengthen.”


text: Or “take possession of”; NAB “shall dispossess.”


text: Or “embarrassed”; NASB “humiliated…disgraced.”


text: Another option is to translate, “the disgrace of our widowhood” (so NRSV). However, the following context (vv. 6-7 ) refers to Zion’s husband, the Lord, abandoning her, not dying. This suggests that an אַלְמָנָה (’ almanah ) was a woman who had lost her husband, whether by death or abandonment.


text: Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14 .


text: Heb “like a woman abandoned and grieved in spirit.”


text: Or “forsook” (NASB).


text: According to BDB 1009 s.v. שֶׁטֶף the noun שֶׁצֶף here is an alternate form of שֶׁטֶף ( shetef , “flood”). Some relate the word to an alleged Akkadian cognate meaning “strength.”


text: Heb “I hid my face from you.”


text: and all the ancient versions except LXX.


text: Heb “the waters of Noah” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).


text: Heb “peace” (so many English versions); NLT “of blessing.”


text: Or, more literally, “windblown, storm tossed.”


text: Perhaps, “rubies” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).


text: On the meaning of אֶקְדָּח (’ eqdakh ), which occurs only here, see HALOT 82 s.v.


text: Heb “border” (so ASV); NASB “your entire wall.”


text: Heb “delightful”; KJV “pleasant.”


text: Heb “and great [will be] the peace of your sons.”


text: Heb “in righteousness [or “vindication”] you will be established.” The precise meaning of צְדָקָה ( tsÿdaqah ) 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.


text: Heb “Be far from oppression!” The imperative is used here in a rhetorical manner to express certainty and assurance. See GKC 324 §110. c .


text: Heb “from terror.” The rhetorical command, “be far” is understood by ellipsis here. Note the preceding context.


text: Heb “it,” i.e., the “terror” just mentioned.


text: The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb here for emphasis.


text: Heb “will fall over you.” The expression נָפַל עַל ( nafal ’ al ) can mean “attack,” but here it means “fall over to,” i.e., “surrender to.”


text: Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”


text: Heb “and every tongue that rises up for judgment with you will prove to be guilty.”


text: Heb “this is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication from me.”