Isaiah 50:10-11
Christian Standard Bible
10 Who among you fears the Lord
and listens to his servant?(A)
Who among you walks in darkness,
and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the Lord;
let him lean on his God.
11 Look, all you who kindle a fire,
who encircle yourselves with[a] torches;
walk in the light of your fire
and of the torches you have lit!
This is what you’ll get from my hand:
you will lie down in a place of torment.
Footnotes
- 50:11 Syr reads who set ablaze
Isaiah 50:10-11
New English Translation
10 Who among you fears the Lord?
Who obeys[a] his servant?
Whoever walks in deep darkness,[b]
without light,
should trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
11 Look, all of you who start a fire
and who equip yourselves with[c] flaming arrows,[d]
walk[e] in the light[f] of the fire you started
and among the flaming arrows you ignited![g]
This is what you will receive from me:[h]
you will lie down in a place of pain.[i]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 50:10 tn Heb “[who] listens to the voice of his servant?” The interrogative is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
- Isaiah 50:10 tn The plural indicates degree. Darkness may refer to exile and/or moral evil.
- Isaiah 50:11 tc Several more recent commentators have proposed an emendation of מְאַזְּרֵי (meʾazzere, “who put on”) to מְאִירִי (meʾiri, “who light”). However, both Qumran scrolls of Isaiah and the Vulgate support the MT reading (cf. NIV, ESV).
- Isaiah 50:11 tn On the meaning of זִיקוֹת (ziqot, “flaming arrows”), see HALOT 268 s.v. זִיקוֹת.
- Isaiah 50:11 tn The imperative is probably rhetorical and has a predictive force.
- Isaiah 50:11 tn Or perhaps, “flame” (so ASV).
- Isaiah 50:11 sn Perhaps the servant here speaks to his enemies and warns them that they will self-destruct.
- Isaiah 50:11 tn Heb “from my hand” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
- Isaiah 50:11 sn The imagery may be that of a person who becomes ill and is forced to lie down in pain on a sickbed. Some see this as an allusion to a fiery place of damnation because of the imagery employed earlier in the verse.
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