Isaiah 48

Isaiah 48
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 48 is the forty-eighth 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][2] Chapters 40-55 are known as "Deutero-Isaiah" and date from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon.[3] According to John Skinner, this chapter, which is "largely a recapitulation of certain outstanding themes of the prophecy", consists of "exhortations addressed to the exiles in the near prospect of deliverance".[4]

Text

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

  • Masoretic Text (10th century)
  • Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[5]
    • 1QIsaa: complete
    • 1QIsab: extant: verses 17‑22
    • 4QIsac (4Q57): extant: verses 10‑13, 17‑19
    • 4QIsad (4Q58): extant: verses 8‑22

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

Structure

The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows:

Verse 1

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob,
which are called by the name of Israel,
and are come forth out of the waters of Judah,
which swear by the name of the Lord,
and make mention of the God of Israel,
but not in truth, nor in righteousness.[6]

Verses 20-21

“The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!
They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow for them from the rock;
he split open the rock and the water gushed out".[7]

A "closing hymn of praise".[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of the Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
  2. ↑ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
  3. ↑ Young, Edward J., The Autorship of Isaiah (sic), accessed 29 July 2018
  4. 1 2 Skinner, J., (1897-8), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 48, accessed 20 August 2018
  5. ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Isaiah 48:1
  7. ↑ Isaiah 48:20-21

Jewish

Christian

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