Isaias

Septuaginta

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

29 But thy rage with which thou ragedst, and thy bitterness, have come up toward me, and I will put a muzzle on thy nose, and ’a bit in thy lips, and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

[*](23. Lit. ‘and hast thou ’? B reads rather ‘towards’ than ‘against.)[*](26 init ‘Have I ’ ℵ*B)[*](27. ‘dry ’ ℵBQ)
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30 And this is the sign to thee; eat, for this year, what thou hast sown, and in the second year that which is left; and in the third year sow and reap ye, and plant vineyards, and ye shall eat the fruit thereof.

31 And there shall be they that are left in Judah, they shall strike root downward, and bear seed upward.

32 For they that are left shall go forth from Jerusalem, and they that are saved from mount Zion; the jealousy of the Lord of Hosts will do this.

33 Therefore thus saith the Lord against the king of the Assyrians, He shall not come into this city, nor cast a spear against it, nor bring up a shield against it, nor compass it with a trench,

34 But by the way that he came, by it shall he return. Thus saith the Lord,

35 I will hold a shield before this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for David my ’s sake.

36 And there went forth an angel of the Lord, and destroyed out of the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and fourscore (and) five thousand; and (men) arising early found all the dead bodies.

37 And Sennacherib king of the Assyrians turned, and departed, and dwelt at Nineveh. ’

38 And as he was worshipping the god of his fathers in the house of N isroch, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with swords; but they made good their escape into Armenia; and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. ’

XXXVIII. I And it came to pass at that time, Hezekiah fell sick unto death; and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Give orders concerning thine house; for thou diest, and shalt not live.

[*](31. ’Perlzap: corrupted from ‘And it shall be, they that ’ c)[*](33. ‘There shall be those that are left from Jen, and those that are saved from mount Zion.´)[*](34. ‘return, and into this city he shall not come. ’ c. B (Theod.).)[*](38. Or, ‘worshipping N. his ’s god in (his? lit. the) ‘)
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2 And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,

3 Saying, Remember, Lord, how I have walked before thee with truth, with a true heart, and have done that which is pleasing in thy sight; and Hezekiah wept with great weeping.

4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying,