Isaias

Septuaginta

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

21 Will ye not learn? will ye not hear? was it not proclaimed to you from the beginning? have ye not learnt the foundations of the earth?

22 (It is) he that holdeth the circle of the earth, and they that dwell in it are as locusts; he that setteth up the heaven as a canopy, and stretcheth it out as a tent to dwell in,

23 He that giveth rulers to rule as nothing, and he made the earth as nothing. ’

24 For they shall not sow, nor plant, neither shall their root be rooted in the earth; he breatheth upon them, and they are withered, and a tempest shall seize upon them as brushwood.

25 Now therefore to whom liken ye me, and I shall be exalted? saith the Holy One.

26 Look up on high with your eyes, and see; who hath shown forth all these things? he, that bringeth forth his array by number, will call them all by name from the abundance of his glory, and in the might of strength nothing faileth thee.

[*](15. Perhaps interrog. ‘Were all the nations reckoned...and shall they be ’ B omits ‘and’ (even).)[*](20. ‘will ’ ℵ*B. Or, ‘an image thereof.)[*](24. ‘plant nor ’ B (A has ‘sow’ in pres. indie, ungrammatically).)[*](26. Or, ‘will call all ’ (A).)

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27 For say not, Jacob, and why sayest thou, Israel, My way is hid from God, and my God hath taken away my judgment, and hath stood aloof

28 And now, hast thou not learnt? hast thou not heard? the everlasting God, God who hath framed the ends of the earth, will not hunger, nor grow—nor is there any ﬁnding out of his understanding—.

29 Giving strength to the hungry, and pain to them that suffer not.

30 For youths shall hunger, and young men shall be weary, and chosen men shall be without strength:

31 But they that wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall put forth wings as eagles; they shall run, and shall not be weary; they shall walk, and shall not hunger.

XLI. 1 Be made new. toward me, ye islands: for the rulers shall renew their strength: let them draw near, and let them speak together, then let them proclaim judgment.

2 Who roused up righteousness from the rising of the sun, called it to his feet, it shall go forth? he shall set it before nations, and shall astonish kings; and he shall lay their swords upon the earth, and their bows as brushwood that is cast forth.

3 And he shall pursue them, and the way of his feet shall pass over in peace.

4 Who hath wrought and done these things? he called it, that called it from the beginning of generations; I, even God, am the ﬁrst, and unto the times to come, I am.

5 The nations saw, and were afraid, the ends of the earth drew near, and came together,

[*](28. ‘the God who.')[*](1. Diff. word from ‘renew,’ in following clause, and xl. 31; perhaps has sense of ‘be ’: Heb. for this differs from ‘be ’ by (ABBREV) for (ABBREV))[*](2. ‘and it shall go ’ ℵBQ)[*](3. Omit ‘and,’ B.)

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6 ’everyone to help his neighbour and his brother, and he shall say,

7 The craftsman is strong, and the smith smiting with a hammer, beating withal; then will he say, The joining is good, ’ they have made them strong with nails; they will set them in place, and they shall not be moved.

8 But thou, Israel, (art) my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham whom I loved:

9 On whom I took hold from the ends of the earth, and called thee fromthe watch towers thereof, and said to thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not forsaken thee.