Isaiah 21
| Isaiah 21 | |
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 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 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 23 |
Isaiah 21 is the twenty-first 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] This chapter contains prophecies against Babylon, Edom and Arabia.
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 17 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC) [3][4]
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 4QIsaa (4Q55): extant: verses 1‑2, 4‑16
- 4QIsab (4Q56): extant: verses 11‑14
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 21:1–10 = The Fall of Babylon Proclaimed
- Isaiah 21:11–12 = Proclamation Against Edom
- Isaiah 21:13–17 = Proclamation Against Arabia
Verse 1
- The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges describes the sub-headings in this chapter as "enigmatic".[5] The Septuagint does not include the words "of the Sea".[6]
- As though a whirlwind should pass through the desert, coming from a desert, even from such a land, so a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me.[6]
Verse 9
- And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen.
- And he answered and said,
- Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.[7]
Cross reference: Jeremiah 51:8; Isaiah 46:1
- "Babylon is fallen, is fallen": "announced in a vision."[8]
Verses 11-12
- The oracle concerning Dumah
A brief and "obscure" oracle.[9] The Masoretic Text refers to Dumah; the Septuagint refers to Edom,[10] as do the NASB and NLT.[11]
See also
- Arabia
- Babylon
- Edom
- Related Bible parts: Psalm 92, Psalm 93, Isaiah 46, Revelation 14, Revelation 17, Revelation 18
Notes and 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ulrich 2010, p. 367-369.
- ^ Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 21, accessed 5 April 2018
- ^ a b Isaiah 21:1 - Septuagint
- ^ Isaiah 21:9
- ^ The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocrypha, Augmented Third Edition, New Revised Standard Version, Indexed. Michael D. Coogan, Marc Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Editors. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2007. pp. 1006-1007 Hebrew Bible. ISBN 978-0195288810
- ^ Barnes' Notes on Isaiah 21, accessed 6 April 2018
- ^ Septuagint: Isaiah 21:11
- ^ BibleGateway.com: Isaiah 21:11
Bibliography
- Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
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