Isaias

Septuaginta

Septuaginta. The Book of Isaiah According to the Septuagint (Codex Alexandrinus). Ottley, Richard, Rusden, editor. Cambridge: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1904.

XXIII. The vision of Tyre.

1 Wail, ye ships of Carthage, for (she) is perished, and they no longer come from the land of Chittim; she is led captive.

2 To whom are they become like, that dwell in the isle? traffickers of Phoenicia, crossing the sea,

3 On great waters, a seed of traffickers; as when a harvest is gathered in, (are) the traffickers of the nations.

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon, saith the sea; and the strength of the sea saith, I travailed not, nor have I brought forth, non nourished young men, nor raised up virgins.

5 But when it shall become known in Egypt, anguish shall take hold of them concerning Tyre.

6 Depart unto Carthage: wail, ye that dwell in this isle.

[*](22. Β omits ‘and I will lay...that shall ’ and reads ‘and there is- none that openeth.’ MSS. vary much: ℵ* corresponds most nearly with Heb. Q 24 198 306 omit the bracketed portion : Field and Ceriani consider this the true text.)[*](23. ‘do make him as a pillar, ’as a ruler...’)[*](25. ‘shall be shaken, and shall be taken away, and shall fall, and the glory...shall be utterly destroyed,’)[*](1. ‘vision’: ‘word,’ BQ*. Subj. not expressed to ‘is perished.)[*](5. ‘to ’ ℵ*BQ.)
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7 Was not this your pride which was from the beginning, before she was delivered up?

8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre? is she weaker, or hath she no. strength? her merchants were honourable, rulers of the earth

9 The Lord of Hosts hath counselled to undo the pride of the honourable ones, and to disgrace all that is honourable upon the

10 Till thine own land : for indeed no longer come there ships from Carthage.

11 But thine hand is no longer strong by sea, thou that didst provoke kings: the Lord of Hosts hath commanded concerning Canaan, to destroy her strength.

12 And they shall say, No longer shall ye any more insult and injure the daughter of Zion ; and if thou depart to Chittim, neither there shalt thou have rest ;

13 Or to the land of the Chaldaeans: that also is made desolate by the Assyrians: [neither there shalt thou have rest, for] the wall thereof is fallen.

14 Wail, ye ships of Carthage, for your stronghold is perished.

15 And it shall be in that day, Tyre shall be abandoned seventy years, as is the time of a king, as the time of a man; and it shall be after seventy <years> Tyre shall be as the of a harlot.

16 Take a harp, rove about, thou harlot city that art forgotten; play sweetly, sing much, that there may be remembrance of thee. And it shall after seventy years, God shall make a visitation of Tyre, and she shall turn again to her ancient way,

[*](7. ’mit ‘which was,’)[*](9. ‘all the ’ ℵBQ c.)[*](12. Zion [so ℵ* in ver. 4] ℵAB corr Q 26 49 106 301 and about ten other cursives: Zidon B c.)[*](13. So ℵA (cf. ver. 12); omit ‘neither there shalt thou have rest, ’ BQ.)[*](15. ‘years’ omitted by A before ‘Tyre.’)[*](16. Sense seems to require this to be passive: it would usually mean, ‘that hast ’: see, however, Luke xii. 6 [Psalm lxxxviii. 12 ?]. Or, according to Α, ‘that thy remembrance may come to be. ‘after the seventy (years) ’ B, orig. hand omitting ‘years.’)
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17 And shall be a port of merchandise for all the kingdoms of the world.

18 And her merchandise, and her hire, shall be holy to the ’ Lord: it shall not ’ gathered together for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord; all her merchandise, to eat, and to drink, and to be filled, and for a contribution, as a memorial < before the

XXIV. 1 Behold, the Lord destroyeth the world, and will lay it desolate, and will uncover the face thereof, and scatter the inhabitants thereof.

2 And the people shall be as the priest, and the servant as the lord, and the maid as the lady; the buyer shall be as the seller, the lender as the borrower, and the debtor as he to whom he oweth.

3 The earth shall be utterly destroyed, and the earth shall be utterly spoiled; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken this. ’

4 The earth mourneth, and the world is destroyed; and the exalted ones of the earth do mourn.

5 And the earth transgresseth because of her inhabitants: be: cause they have overstepped (the) law, and changed the ordinances of the Lord, an everlasting covenant.

6 Therefore shall a curse devour the earth, because the inhabit- ants of it have sinned ; therefore shall they that dwell in the earth be poor, and few men shall be left.

7 The wine shall mourn, the vine shall mourn, all that are joyful in heart shall groan.

[*](17 fin. B adds, ‘ upon the face of the earth ’ (so Theod.).)[*](18 fin. ‘ before the Lord ’ omitted apparently by A*.)[*](3. Verbs intensified by cognate nouns; ‘ destroyed with ’ c.)[*](5. Omit ‘of the ’ ℵBQ c.)
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8 Ceased is the joy of tabrets, ceased is the arrogance and wealth of the wicked, ceased the voice of the harp.

9 They are ashamed, they drink not wine; the strong drink becometh bitter to them that drink.

10 Every city is made desolate; it shall shut up the house, that none come in.

11 Wail, for the wine, everywhere; ceased is all joy of the land,

12 And cities shall be left desolate, and houses left therein shall perish.

13 All this shall be in the land, in the midst of the nations; like as if one gleaneth an olive tree, so shall they glean them; and (as) if the vintage have ceased.

14 These shall cry aloud with their voice, but they that are left upon the earth, shall rejoice together with the glory of the Lord, the water of the sea shall be troubled

15 Therefore the glory of the Lord shall be in the isles of the sea, the name of the Lord shall be glorious.

16 O Lord God ’Israel, from the corners of the earth have we heard wonders, Hope (is) for the righteous. And they shall say, Woe to them that set at nought; as for. them that set at nought the law,

17 Fear, and a pit, and a snare, are upon you that dwell upon the earth.

18 And it shall be, he that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh out from the pit shall be caught by the snare; for windows are opened out of heaven, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken.

19 The earth shall be clean confounded, and the dearth shall be utterly helpless.

[*](11 fin. Omit ‘of the land, (12) and...’)[*](14. ‘These shall call with a loud cry,’)[*](19. Verbs intensified by addition of cognate nouns.)
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20 The earth tottereth and shall be shaken, like a but, like him that is drunken and reeling; and shall fall, and shall not be able to rise again, for her transgression is strong upon her.

21 And God shall bring his hand against the array of heaven, and against the kings of the earth.

22 And they shall gather them together, and shut them into a fastness, and into a prison ; after many generations shall there be a visitation of them.

23 And the brick shall decay, and the wall shall fall; for the Lord shall reign in Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before the elders ’ shall he be glorified

XXV. A Song.

1 O Lord my God, I will glorify thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, a counsel ancient and true. Amen, O Lord. ’

2 For thou hast laid cities in a dust heap, strong cities, that their foundations should fall; the city of the wicked shall not be built, for ever.

3 Therefore shall the people that is poor praise thee, and cities of men that suffer wrong shall bless thee.

4 For thou art become a helper to every humble city, and a shelter to them that despair, for want ; from evil men shalt thou rescue them—a shelter for the thirsty, and a breath of men suffer wrong [shall bless thee],

[*](20. ‘reeling’: ’ more strictly expresses after-effects of drunkenness. B has order of clauses as in Heb., ‘tottereth like him that is drunken and reeling, and shall be shaken like a hut; for her transgr....upon her, and shall fall, and shall not....´)[*](22. ‘gather together the gathering thereof into prison, and shut them into a fastness.’ B.)[*](23. ‘reign from Z. and to Jerusalem,’ Omit ‘ a ’ ℵBQ ἃς.)[*](1. Omit ‘my,’ B. Omit ‘Ο ’ B (at end of verse).)[*](2. ‘should not ’ B (!))[*](4. ‘a breatg’; perhaps intended to mean a ‘refreshment’: ‘shall ’ omitted by BQ* prob. a confusion with end of ver. 3.)
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5 As men faint hearted, thirsting in Zion,—from wicked to whom thou gavest us over.

6 And the Lord of hosts shall do (it) for all the nations; upon this mountain shall they drink gladness, they shall drink wine

7 They shall anoint themselves with myrrh in this mountain. Give over all this to the nations; for this counsel is against all the nations.

8 Death was strong, and swallowed them up; and again God hath taken away every tear from every face; he hath taken away the shame of the people from all the earth, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken.

9 And they shall say in that day, Behold our God, in whom we ever hoped; and we were triumphant, and will rejoice in our salvation.

10 For God will give us rest upon this mountain, and the land of Moab shall be trodden down, like as they tread a threshing floor in wagons.

11 And he will let go his hands, like as he himself also humbled him to destroy him; and he shall humble his pride, whereto he laid his hands.

12 And the height of the refuge of thy wall shall be humble, and it shall come down, even unto the ground.

XXVI. A Song.

1 In that day shall they sing this song over the land of Judah ; saying, Behold, a strong city; and he shall set salvation for us for the wall and the outer, wall.

[*](8. ‘and again the Lord ’ B.)[*](9. ‘(ever) ’ imperf. tense: after ‘hoped,’ B inserts (with Heb.) ‘ and he will save us: this is the Lord. we waited for ’: so Theod. Symm. Α altered to ‘ and rejoiced in our salv.’)[*](10 init. Omit ‘For...’ B. A has ‘tread’ in subj. mood, hardly)[*](12. ‘they shall come down,’)[*](1. ‘A ’; omit, B c., so in ver. 9: omit ‘saying,’ ℵ*B: omit ‘for us. BQ.)
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2 Open ye the gates, let a people enter which keepeth righteousness and keepeth truth,

3 Laying hold of and keeping peace. For in thee

4 They have hoped, for ever, O Lord, the great, the ever lasting God,

5. Who didst humble and bring down them that dwelt in high places; strong cities shalt thou throw down, and bring down to the ground,

6 And the feet of the gentle and humble shall tread upon them.

7 The way of the godly is become straight; and the way of the godly (is) prepared.

8 For the way of the Lord is judgment; we have hoped in thy name, and in the remembrance,

9 Which our soul longeth for. [A Song] Out of the night doth my spirit rise early toward thee, O God, because thy commandments are a light upon the earth. Learn righteousness, ye that dwell on the earth,

10 For ceased is the ungodly; he will not learn righteousness upon the. earth, he will not perform truth; let the wicked be removed, that he may not see the glory of the Lord.

11 Lord, thy arm is uplifted, and they knew it not; but when they learn it, they shall be ashamed; jealousy shall take hold of a people that is untaught, and now shall fire devour the enemies.

12 Lord, our God, grant peace to us, for all things dost thou give us.

13 Lord, our God, take us for thine own; O Lord, beside. thee we know none other, thy name do we name.

[*](4. A corrected to ‘I have ’: B intensifies verb by adding cognate substantive ‘with ’: so Theod.)[*](7. ‘the way, c. is also ’ B (diff. order of words).)[*](10. ‘every one that will not ’ ℵB.)[*](13 init. Omit ‘Lord, our ’ B*: ‘ take us for thine own,’ lit. ‘ acquire us.’)
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14 But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians raise them up; for this cause didst thou bring them in, and destroyedst them, and removedst all that was male among them.

15 Add unto them evils, O Lord, add evils to all the glorious ones of the earth.

16 Lord, in affliction I remembered thee, in slight affliction (was) thy correction upon us.

17 And as she who travaileth draweth near to bring forth, and crieth out in her travail, so were we before thy beloved.

18 For the fear of thee, O Lord, did we conceive, and travailed, and brought forth; we made a breath of thy salvation upon the earth, but they that dwell upon the earth shall fall.

19 For the dead shall arise, and they that are in the tombs shall be roused up, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice; for the dew that cometh from thee is healing to them, but the land of the ungodly shall fall.

20 Go, my people, enter into thy chambers, shut thy door, hide thyself ever so little a while, until the wrath of the Lord be passed by.

21 For behold, the Lord from his holy (place) bringeth his anger upon them that dwell upon-the earth; and the earth shall reveal her <blood>, and the earth shall not cover up the