translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “anointed,” i.e., designated to carry out an assigned task.


text: Or “sent” (NAB); NCV “has appointed me.”


text: Or “proclaim good news to.”


text: Heb “to bind up [the wounds of].”


text: Heb “to announce the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance.


text: Heb “oil of joy” (KJV, ASV); NASB, NIV, NRSV “the oil of gladness.”


text: Heb “garment of praise.”


text: Heb “a faint spirit” (so NRSV); KJV, ASV “the spirit of heaviness”; NASB “a spirit of fainting.”


text: Rather than referring to the character of the people, צֶדֶק ( tsedeq ) may carry the nuance “vindication” here, suggesting that God’s restored people are a testimony to his justice. See v. 2 , which alludes to the fact that God will take vengeance against the enemies of his people. Cf. NAB “oaks of justice.”


text: Heb “a planting of the Lord to reveal splendor.”


text: Heb “and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.”


text: Heb “will stand [in position] and shepherd.”


text: The Hebrew text adds, “it will be said concerning you.”


text: Heb “eat” (KJV, NAB, NASB); NIV “feed on”; NLT “be fed with.”


label: NET textual note

text: The form in the Hebrew text is probably a corruption of יִתְאַמְּרוּ ( yit ’ ammÿru ), a Hitpael from אָמַר (’ amar ), meaning “boast about” (see HALOT 67 s.v. II אמר , HALOT 416 s.v. ימר , and BDB 56 s.v. אָמַר ).


text: Heb “their glory” (i.e., riches).


text: Heb “instead of your shame, a double portion.”


text: Heb “and [instead of] humiliation they will rejoice [over] their portion.” The term תָחָת ( takhat , “instead of”) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).


text: Heb “therefore” (so KJV, NASB); NIV “and so.”


text: Heb “in faithfulness”; NASB, NRSV, NLT “faithfully.”


text: Heb “all who see them will recognize them, that they [are] descendants [whom] the Lord has blessed.”


text: The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.


text: Heb “my being is happy in my God”; NAB “in my God is the joy of my soul.”


text: Heb “robe of vindication”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “robe of righteousness.”


text: Heb “like a bridegroom [who] acts like a priest [by wearing] a turban, and like a bride [who] wears her jewelry.” The words “I look” are supplied for stylistic reasons and clarification.


text: Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1 ).


text: Heb “and praise before all the nations.”