Isaiah 41

Isaiah 41
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 41 is the forty-first chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible and the second chapter of the section known as "Deutero-Isaiah" (Isaiah 40-55), dating from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon.[1] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.

Text

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

Verse 2

"Who has stirred up one from the east ...?"[3]

J. Skinner in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges describes this reference as "unquestionably" pointing to Cyrus.[4] The Amplified Bible and the Jerusalem Bible both specify Cyrus here.[5] However, some Jewish exegetes have applied the verse to Abraham; Reformation theologian John Calvin makes the same connection:

[The prophet] mentions Abraham; for he might have enumerated other works of God, but selected an example appropriate to his subject; for ... Abraham, whom God had brought out of Chaldea ...[6]

Verse 10

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God:
I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.[7]

This verse has inspired many well-known hymns, among them:[8]

Verse 13

For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.[9]

This verse has inspired many well-known hymns, among them:[8]

Verse 14

Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob [10]

John Wycliffe's translation, "worm of Jacob",[11] uses the appositive genitive syntax. There is no reference to the worm in the Septuagint version:

Fear not, Jacob, and thou Israel few in number.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Young, Edward J., The Autorship of Isaiah (sic), accessed 29 July 2018
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Isaiah 41:2
  4. ↑ Skinner, J. (1915), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 41, accessed 1 August 2018
  5. ↑ Isaiah 41:2 in the Amplified Bible; Jerusalem Bible (1966), sub-heading for Isaiah 41:1-7
  6. ↑ Calvin, J., Calvin's Commentaries on Isaiah 41, accessed 1 August 2018
  7. ↑ Isaiah 41:10
  8. 1 2 Hymns for Isaiah 41 - Hymnary.org
  9. ↑ Isaiah 41:13
  10. ↑ Isaiah 41:14
  11. ↑ Isaiah 41:14 - Wycliffe's Bible, ed. T. P. Noble (2001)
  12. ↑ Isaiah 41:14 - Brenton's Septuagint Translation

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