Isaiah 57

Isaiah 57
Isaiah 57
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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 57 is the fifty-seventh chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapter 57 is the second chapter of the final section of the Book of Isaiah, often referred to as Trito-Isaiah.^[1]

Text

The original text is written in Hebrew language.
This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

Masoretic Text (10th century)
Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)^[2]
- 1QIsa^a: complete
- 1QIsa^b: extant: verses 1‑4, 17‑21
- 4QIsa^d (4Q58): extant: verses 9‑21
- 4QIsa^h (4Q62): extant: verses 5‑8

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 57:1–13 = Israel's Futile Idolatry
Isaiah 57:14–21 = Healing for the Backslider

Verse 15

For thus saith the high and lofty One

that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;

I dwell in the high and holy place,

with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,

to revive the spirit of the humble,

and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.^[3]

Verse 17

He went on frowardly in the way of his heart.^[4]

The Jewish people are here addressed as one man.^[5]

Verse 19

Peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near.^[6]

Peace "not only to the Jew, but also to the Gentile, as St. Paul more than once applies those terms".^[5] See Ephesians 2:13 and 2:17.

References

^ Oxford Reference, Overview: Bernhard Duhm accessed 6 September 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. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
^ Isaiah 57:15
^ Isaiah 57:15
^ ^a ^b Benson, A., Benson Commentary on Isaiah 57, accessed 9 September 2018
^ Isaiah 57:19

External links

Jewish

Christian

Isaiah 57 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

[1] Oxford Reference, Overview: Bernhard Duhm accessed 6 September 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. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

[3] Isaiah 57:15

[4] Isaiah 57:15

[Benson-5] Benson, A., Benson Commentary on Isaiah 57, accessed 9 September 2018

[6] Isaiah 57:19

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