Isaiah 32
| Isaiah 32 | |
|---|---|
 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 |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 23 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Isaiah 32 is the thirty-second 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 a part of the Book of the Prophets.[1][2] The Jerusalem Bible groups chapters 28-35 together as a collection of "poems on Israel and Judah".[3] Unlike the previous chapters,[4] this chapter makes no reference to "the overthrow of the Assyrians".[5]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 20 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC) [6]
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 1QIsab: extant: verses 17‑18, 20
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:
- Isaiah 32:1-8 = A Reign of Righteousness
- Isaiah 32:9-15 = Consequences of Complacency
- Isaiah 32:16-20 = The Peace of God’s Reign.
The New International Version organises it in just two sections:
- Isaiah 32:1-8 = The Kingdom of Righteousness
- Isaiah 32:9-20 = The Women of Jerusalem.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges describes verses 1 to 8 as "the ideal commonwealth of the Messianic Age" and dates this section to "to the close of Isaiah’s ministry, when his mind was occupied with the hope of the ideal future".[5]
Verse 1
- Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness,
- and princes shall rule in judgment.[7]
Warning to the women of Jerusalem (verses 9 to 14)
This "threatening oration" [5] is linked in the Jerusalem Bible to other "oracles of the return from exile".[8] Verse 9 shows that "what roused the ire of the prophet was the careless unconcern and indifference of the women in face of the reiterated warnings he had uttered".[5]
See also
References
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
- ↑ Jerusalem Bible (1966), Isaiah section E: Poems on Israel and Judah
- ↑ Isaiah 30:27-33; Isaiah 31:4-9
- 1 2 3 4 Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 32, accessed 1 May 2018
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 37 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Isaiah 32:1
- ↑ Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote at Isaiah 32:9
External links
Jewish
Christian
- Isaiah 32 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
- Lowth, R., Isaiah: a new translation: with a preliminary dissertation, and notes, critical, philological and explanatory, Boston, W. Hilliard; Cambridge, J. Munroe and Company, 1834