Isaias

Septuaginta

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

28 That biddeth Cyrus be wise, and saith, He shall perform all my desires; that saith Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house.

[*](20. ‘Learn thou,’)[*](23. ‘hath redeemed (ransomed) Jacob,’)[*](24. ‘that accomplish all things,’)[*](25. ‘shall scatter,’)[*](26. ‘of his servant,’ ℵBQ. ‘cities of Idumaea,’ B . Cf. vii. 6.)

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XLV. 1 Thus saith the Lord God to my anointed, Cyrus, on whose right hand <I have> taken hold, for nations to submit before him; and I will shatter the strength of kings, I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be shut

2 I will go before him, and will level mountains, will break down doors of brass, and will snap asunder bolts of iron

3 And I will give thee treasures of darkness, I will open to thee hidden (treasures) <unseen>, that thou mayest learn I am the Lord that call thy name, the God of Israel.

4 For my servant Jacob's sake, and Israel's whom I have chosen, I will call thee by thy name, and will receive thee; but thou knewest not me.

5 For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside me; and they knew me not.

6 That they from the rising of the sun, and they from the going down (thereof) may learn, that there is none beside me and that I am the Lord God, and there is none other,

7 I, that establish light, and make darkness, that make peace, and create evils: I am the Lord God that doeth all these things.

8 Let the heaven from above rejoice, and let the clouds shower down righteousness: let the earth bring forth and make mercy to spring up, and let righteousness spring up together. I am the Lord that created thee.

9 What better things have I set up, as clay of the potter? shall the plowman plow the earth? shall the clay say to the potter, What doest thou, for thou workest not, neither hast hands?

[*](1. Α reads, ‘thou hast taken hold...’)[*](2. ‘before thee,’)[*](3. ‘unseen’ omitted by A*: if it be read, ‘hidden’ may be taken with the ﬁrst clause.)[*](5. ‘none other beside me.’)[*](5 ﬁn. ‘thou knewest me not,’ ℵBQ. ‘I strengthened thee, and thou...’)[*](6. Omit ‘and that...’)[*](8. ‘let her (the earth) cause righteousness to spring ’ ℵQ: ‘let her (?) proclaim righteousness,’)[*](9. ‘plow the earth all the day,’)

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10 He that saith to the father, What wilt thou beget? or to the mother, Where wilt thou travail ?

11 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, that maketh the things to come; Ask ye me concerning my sons and concerning my daughters, and concerning the works of my hands give me a charge.

12 I made the earth, and man upon it; I with my hand established the heaven, I commanded all the stars.