Isaias

Septuaginta

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

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.

13 I raised him up with righteousness, and all his ways (shall be) straight; he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not with ransom, nor with gifts, saith the Lord of hosts.

14 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Egypt is weary, and the merchandise of the Ethiopians: and the men of Saba, men of lofty stature, shall pass over unto thee, and shall slaves unto thee, and shall follow behind thee, bound with manacles, and worship before thee, and in thee shall they pray: for in thee is God, and they shall say, There is no God beside thee.

15 For thou an God, and we knew it not, O God of Israel, Saviour.

16 All they that resist him shall be ashamed, and turned back- ward, and shall walk in shame. Be ye made new toward me, ye isles.

17 Israel is being saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; they shall not be ashamed, nor be turned backward for ever.

18 Thus saith the Lord, that made the heaven:—he is the that showed forth the earth and made it, he himself set its bounds; he made it not for a void, but to be inhabited: I am, and there is none beside.

[*](10. ‘Shall the thing formed answer to him that formed it? he that saith. c., ℵ*c.b. B [cf. xxix. 16].)[*](10 ﬁn. ‘Wherewith travailest thou?’)[*](11. Omit ‘and concerning my daughters,’)[*](13. ‘as a king with righteousness,’)[*](14. After ‘manacles’ B adds, ‘and shall pass over to thee’ (so Omit ‘they shall ’ ℵB. ‘in thee,’ i.e. ‘in thy name’ (?) or ‘unto they pray.’)[*](15 ﬁn. B omits ‘Saviour.’)[*](16 ﬁn. Cf. xli. 1.)[*](18. ‘for a void, but formed it to be inhabited.’)

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19 I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth ; -Ῑ said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye a vain thing; Ι am, I am one that speaketh righteousness, and declareth truth.

20 Be gathered together, and come ye, take counsel together, ye that are being saved from among the nations. They had not learnt, they that lift up the wood, their graving, and pray as to gods that save not.