Isaiah 59
Isaiah 59 | |
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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 59 is the fifty-ninth 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 21 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[3]
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 1QIsab: extant: verses 1‑8, 20‑21
- 4QIsah (4Q62): extant: verses 15‑16
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
This chapter can be grouped into:
- Isaiah 59:1-8 = Separated from God
- Isaiah 59:9-15 = Sin Confessed
- Isaiah 59:16-21 = The Redeemer of Zion
Verse 1
- Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;
- neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:[4]
Verse 2
- But your iniquities have separated between you and your God,
- and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.[5]
Verse 21
- As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord;
- My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth,
- shall not depart out of thy mouth,
- nor out of the mouth of thy seed,
- nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed,
- saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.[6]
See also
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. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Isaiah 59:1
- ↑ Isaiah 59:2
- ↑ Isaiah 59:21
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