Isaiah 42:9-11
Expanded Bible
9 [L Look; T Behold] The ·things I said would happen [L former things] have happened,
and now I ·tell you about [declare/announce] new things.
Before those things ·happen [spring forth; sprout],
I tell you about them.”
A Song of Praise to the Lord
10 Sing a ·new song [C celebrating victory; Ps. 33:3; 40:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9; 149:1; Rev. 5:9; 14:3] to the Lord;
sing his praise ·everywhere on [L from the end of] the earth.
Praise him, you people who ·sail on [go down to] the seas and ·you animals who live in them [L its fullness].
Praise him, you people living in ·faraway places [or islands; or coastlands].
11 The ·deserts [wilderness] and their ·cities [towns] should ·praise him [shout; raise their voices].
The settlements of Kedar [C desert nomads, descended from Ishmael; Gen. 25:13] should praise him.
The people living in Sela [C an Edomite city; 16:1] should sing for joy;
they should shout from the mountaintops.
Isaiah 42:9-11
New King James Version
9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
And new things I declare;
Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
Praise to the Lord
10 (A)Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise from the ends of the earth,
(B)You who go down to the sea, and [a]all that is in it,
You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!
11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice,
The villages that Kedar inhabits.
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing,
Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:10 Lit. its fullness
Isaiah 42:9-11
English Standard Version
9 Behold, the former things have come to pass,
(A)and new things I now declare;
before they spring forth
I tell you of them.”
Sing to the Lord a New Song
10 (B)Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise from the end of the earth,
(C)you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
(D)the coastlands and their inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
the villages that (E)Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of (F)Sela sing for joy,
let them shout from the top of the mountains.
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