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Isaiah 55:4-5
New English Translation
Isaiah 55:4-5
New English Translation
4 Look, I made him a witness to nations,[a]
a ruler and commander of nations.”
5 Look, you will summon nations[b] you did not previously know;
nations[c] that did not previously know you will run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,[d]
for he bestows honor on you.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 55:4 sn Ideally the Davidic king was to testify to the nations of God’s greatness (cf. Pss 18:50 HT [18:49 ET]; 22:28 HT [22:27 ET]). See J. H. Eaton, Kingship in the Psalms (SBT), 182-84.
- Isaiah 55:5 tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).
- Isaiah 55:5 tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.
- Isaiah 55:5 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
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