Isaiah 21
Isaiah 21 | |
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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. | |
Book | Book of Isaiah |
Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Bible part | 23 |
Category | Nevi'im |
Isaiah 21 is the twenty-first chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[1][2]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 17 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[3][4]
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 4QIsaa (4Q55): extant: verses 1‑2, 4‑16
- 4QIsab (4Q56): extant: verses 11‑14
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Verse 9
- And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen.
- And he answered and said,
- Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.[5]
Cross reference: Jeremiah 51:8; Isaiah 46:1
- "Babylon is fallen, is fallen": "announced in a vision."[6]
See also
- Related Bible parts: Psalm 92, Psalm 93, Isaiah 46, Revelation 14, Revelation 17, Revelation 18
Notes and references
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 37 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Ulrich 2010, p. 367-369.
- ↑ Isaiah 21:9
- ↑ The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1006-1007 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
Bibliography
- Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
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