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10 Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired,[a]
but you do not say, ‘I give up.’[b]
You get renewed energy,[c]
so you don’t collapse.[d]
11 Whom are you worried about?
Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully
and not remember me
or think about me?[e]
Because I have been silent for so long,[f]
you are not afraid of me.[g]
12 I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds,[h]
but they will not help you.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 57:10 tn Heb “by the greatness [i.e., “length,” see BDB 914 s.v. רֹב 2] of your way you get tired.”
  2. Isaiah 57:10 tn Heb “it is hopeless” (so NAB, NASB, NIV); NRSV “It is useless.”
  3. Isaiah 57:10 tn Heb “the life of your hand you find.” The term חַיָּה (khayyah, “life”) is here used in the sense of “renewal” (see BDB 312 s.v.) while יָד (yad) is used of “strength.”
  4. Isaiah 57:10 tn Heb “you do not grow weak.”
  5. Isaiah 57:11 tn Heb “you do not place [it] on your heart.”
  6. Isaiah 57:11 tn Heb “Is it not [because] I have been silent, and from long ago?”
  7. Isaiah 57:11 sn God’s patience with sinful Israel has caused them to think that they can sin with impunity and suffer no consequences.
  8. Isaiah 57:12 tn Heb “I, I will declare your righteousness and your deeds.”