Isaiah 46:8-13
New English Translation
8 Remember this, so you can be brave.[a]
Think about it, you rebels![b]
9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity.[c]
Truly I am God, I have no peer;[d]
I am God, and there is none like me,
10 who announces the end from the beginning
and reveals beforehand[e] what has not yet occurred;
who says, ‘My plan will be realized,
I will accomplish what I desire;’
11 who summons an eagle[f] from the east,
from a distant land, one who carries out my plan.
Yes, I have decreed,[g]
yes, I will bring it to pass;
I have formulated a plan,
yes, I will carry it out.
12 Listen to me, you stubborn people,[h]
you who distance yourselves from doing what is right.[i]
13 I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away;
I am bringing my salvation near,[j] it does not wait.
I will save Zion;[k]
I will adorn Israel with my splendor.[l]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 46:8 tn The meaning of the verb אָשַׁשׁ (ʾashash, which appears here in the Hitpolel stem) is uncertain. BDB 84 s.v. אשׁשׁ relates it to a root meaning “found, establish” in Arabic; HALOT 100 s.v. II אשׁשׁ gives the meaning “pluck up courage.” The imperative with vav (ו) may indicate purpose following the preceding imperative.
- Isaiah 46:8 tn Heb “return [it], rebels, to heart”; NRSV “recall it to mind, you transgressors.”
- Isaiah 46:9 tn Heb “remember the former things, from antiquity”; KJV, ASV “the former things of old.”
- Isaiah 46:9 tn Heb “and there is no other” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).
- Isaiah 46:10 tn Or “from long ago”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “from ancient times.”
- Isaiah 46:11 tn Or, more generally, “a bird of prey” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV; see 18:6).
- Isaiah 46:11 tn Heb “spoken”; KJV “I have spoken it.”
- Isaiah 46:12 tn Heb “strong of heart [or, mind]”; KJV “stouthearted”; NAB “fainthearted”; NIV “stubborn-hearted.”
- Isaiah 46:12 tn Heb “who are far from righteousness [or perhaps, “deliverance”].”
- Isaiah 46:13 tn Heb “my salvation.” The verb “I am bringing near” is understood by ellipsis (note the previous line).
- Isaiah 46:13 tn Heb “I will place in Zion salvation”; NASB “I will grant salvation in Zion.”
- Isaiah 46:13 tn Heb “to Israel my splendor”; KJV, ASV “for Israel my glory.”
Isaiah 46:8-13
Christian Standard Bible
8 “Remember this and be brave;[a]
take it to heart, you transgressors!
9 Remember what happened long ago,(A)
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and no one is like me.
10 I declare the end from the beginning,
and from long ago what is not yet done,
saying: my plan will take place,
and I will do all my will.(B)
11 I call a bird of prey[b] from the east,(C)
a man for my purpose from a far country.
Yes, I have spoken; so I will also bring it about.(D)
I have planned it; I will also do it.
12 Listen to me, you hardhearted,
far removed from justice:
13 I am bringing my justice near;(E)
it is not far away,
and my salvation will not delay.
I will put salvation in Zion,
my splendor in Israel.
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