Isaiah 63
| Isaiah 63 | |
|---|---|
| File:Great Isaiah Scroll.jpg The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. | |
| Book | Book of Isaiah |
| Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 5 |
| Category | Latter Prophets |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 23 |
Isaiah 63 is the sixty-third chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets.[1] Chapters 56-66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah.[2]
Text
[edit | edit source]The original text was written in the Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 19 verses.
Textual witnesses
[edit | edit source]Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[3]
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BC or later):
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 1QIsab: extant: verses 1‑9, 11‑19
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[4]
Parashot
[edit | edit source]The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[5] Isaiah 63 is a part of the Consolations (Isaiah 40–66). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.
- {S} 63:1-6 {S} 63:7-19 [64:1-2 {S}]
Verse 1
[edit | edit source]- Who is this that cometh from Edom,
- with dyed garments from Bozrah?
- this that is glorious in his apparel,
- travelling in the greatness of his strength?
- I that speak in righteousness,
- mighty to save.[6]
- "Dyed": from Hebrew: חמוץ, khă-mūts[7] with the meaning of "be red"[8] or "bright-red" not as "that of the scarlet dress worn by soldiers" (Nahum 2:3), but that of "blood just shed" (as in Revelation 19:13: "dipped in blood").[9]
Verse 16
[edit | edit source]- Doubtless thou art our father,
- though Abraham be ignorant of us,
- and Israel acknowledge us not:
- though Abraham be ignorant of us,
- thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer;
- thy name is from everlasting.[10]
Neither of the patriarchs, "Abraham" or "Israel" (meaning Jacob), would recognise the Israel addressed by the prophet; descent from them cannot guarantee the nation any protection.[11]
See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ^ Oxford Reference, Overview: Bernhard Duhm accessed 6 September 2018
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
- ^ As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
- ^ Isaiah 63:1 KJV
- ^ Hebrew Text Analysis: Isaiah 63:1. Biblehub
- ^ Strong's Concordance: 2556. chamets; Brown-Driver-Briggs. Biblehub
- ^ Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Bible - Isaiah 63. James Murphy (ed). London: Blackie & Son, 1884.
- ^ Isaiah 63:16
- ^ Catholic Book Publishing Corporation (2019), New Catholic Bible: Footnote c at Isaiah 63:16, accessed 3 December 2023
Bibliography
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External links
[edit | edit source]Jewish
[edit | edit source]Christian
[edit | edit source]- Isaiah 63 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine