Isaiah 66

Isaiah 66
Isaiah 66
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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 66 is the sixty-sixth and final 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 Book of the Prophets.^[1]^[2] Chapters 56-66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah.^[3] This chapter contains an oracle delivered after the temple in Jerusalem had been re-built following the Jewish peoples' return from exile, and warns against "an unduly materialistic" approach to the worship of God.^[4]

Text

The original text is written in Hebrew language.
This chapter is divided into 24 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

Masoretic Text (10th century)
Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)^[5]
- 1QIsa^a: complete
- 1QIsa^b: extant: verses 1‑24
- 4QIsa^b (4Q56): extant: verse 24
- 4QIsa^c (4Q57): extant: verses 20‑24

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 66:1–4 = True Worship and False
Isaiah 66:5–13 = The Lord Vindicates Zion
Isaiah 66:14–24 = The Reign and Indignation of God

Verse 17

“Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,

To go to the gardens

After an idol in the midst,

Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,

Shall be consumed together” says the Lord.

The Jerusalem Bible describes this verse as "a fragment condemning pagan mysteries" linked with verses 3 and 4.^[6]

Verse 19

And I will set a sign among them,

and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations,

to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow,

to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off,

that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory;

and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.^[7]

Verse 24

And they shall go forth,

and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me:

for their worm shall not die,

neither shall their fire be quenched;

and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.^[8]

Hell is described by Jesus as the place "where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched" in Mark 9:48.

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.
^ Oxford Reference, Overview: Bernhard Duhm accessed 6 September 2018
^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote at Isaiah 66:1
^ 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.
^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), sub-heading at verse 17
^ Isaiah 66:19
^ Isaiah 66:24

External links

Jewish

Christian

Isaiah 66 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

[Davis-1] J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.

[Hiebert-2] Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.

[3] Oxford Reference, Overview: Bernhard Duhm accessed 6 September 2018

[4] Jerusalem Bible (1966), footnote at Isaiah 66:1

[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] Jerusalem Bible (1966), sub-heading at verse 17

[7] Isaiah 66:19

[8] Isaiah 66:24

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