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 And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who begat me these? Yea, I am childless and a widow, but who hath brought up these for me? I have been left alone, but where had I these?

22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, Iraise up towards the nations my hand, and to the isles will I lift up my signal, and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall lift thy daughters upon thy shoulders,

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and the princesses thy nurses; they shall worship before thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt learn that I am the Lord, and thou shalt not be ashamed.

24 Shall one take spoils from a giant? and if one take a captive unlawfully, shall he be saved?

25 Thus saith the Lord, If one take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and taking them from a mighty man he shall be saved; and I will judge thy cause, and I will deliver thy sons:

26 And they that afflict thee shall eat their own ﬂesh, and shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken; and all ﬂesh shall perceive that I am he that hath delivered thee, and that layeth hold upon the strength of Jacob.

L. 1 Thus saith the Lord, Of what kind is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I sent her away? or to what debtor have I sold you? Behold, for your sins were ye sold, and for your transgressions sent I your mother away.

[*](21. ‘Yea’ (Gr. δέ).)[*](Or, ‘where were these of mine’ (eth.)[*](23. ‘their princesses,’ B ℵ)[*](23 ﬁn. ‘the Lord, and they shall not be ashamed that wait for me,’)[*](26. ‘that afflicted thee,’ ℵBQ. ‘that I the Lord am he that...,’)[*](1. ‘debtor.’ This is the proper meaning of the Greek word, but the converse meaning seems required here. The Gr. word is used 1 Sam. xxii. 2. where the corresponding Hebrew is “Everyone who had a creditor,’ Heb. word as here. Perhaps, ‘to whom have I, as a debtor, sold you?’ Lucianic MSS., and Aquila.)

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2 Why was it that I came, and there was no man? I called, and he listened not? Is not my hand strong to deliver? or have I not strength to rescue? behold, by my threat I will make the sea a desolation, and make rivers desolate, and their ﬁshes shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall die for thirst.

3 And I will clothe the heaven with darkness, and will make his shroud as sackcloth.

4 The Lord giveth me a tongue of instruction, to perceive in season when I must speak a word; he gave me in the morning, he added unto me an ear to hear,

5 And the instruction of the Lord openeth mine ears, and I am not disobedient, nor gainsay (it).

6 I have given my back for scourges, and my cheeks for blows, and my face I turned not away from the shame of spittings,

7 And the Lord became my helper; therefore I turned not back; but I set my face as a solid rock, and I perceived that I should not be ashamed.

8 For he draweth near that justified me: who is he that contendeth with me; let him stand up against me together; yea, who is he that contendeth with me? let him draw near to me.

9 Behold, the Lord helpeth me: who shall harm me? behold, all ye. shall wax old ’a garment, and as it were a moth shall eat you up.

10 Who among you is he that feareth the Lord? let him listen to the voice of his servant: ye that walk in darkness, they have no light, trust ye in the name of the Lord, and stay yourselves upon God.

[*](2. ‘and there was none that listened,’ ℵBQ. ‘by my reproof,’ B: reproof and my ’ ℵ*. ℵcorr as text).)[*](3 init. Omit ‘And,’ B.)[*](4. i.e. ‘an instructed (or disciplined) tongue.6 Omit ‘in ’ ℵBQ. ‘The Lord’ repeated (so vv. 5 and 7).)[*](6 init. ‘I ’ ℵB.)[*](7. ‘turn back,’ often implying shame. Cf. Psal. xl. 14, lxx. 2)[*](9. ‘will help,’ B: omit ‘as it were,’)

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11 Behold, all ye kindle a ﬁre, and strengthen a ﬂame; walk by the light of your ﬁre, and in the ﬂame wherewith ye kindled it; because of me came this upon you, ye shall lie down in pain.

LI. 1 Hearken to me, ye that pursue that is righteous, and seek the Lord: look unto the solid rock which ye did hew, and unto the hole of the pit which ye digged.

2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for he was one, and I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him.

3 And thee will I now comfort, Zion, and I did comfort all her waste places; <and I will make her waste places> as and the western regions like a garden of the Lord; joy and exultation shall they ﬁnd therein, confession and the voice of praise.