Isaiah 65

Isaiah 65
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.
BookBook of Isaiah
Hebrew Bible partNevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part5
CategoryNevi'im-Latter Prophets
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part23

Isaiah 65 is the sixty-fifth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible and 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. Chapters 56-66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah. According the Christian exegesis, this chapter refers to the vocation of the gentiles.

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 25 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BC or later):

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 65 is a part of the Consolations (Isaiah 40–66). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.

{P} 65:1-7 {S} 65:8-12 {P} 65:13-25 {S}

Verse 1

I am sought of them that asked not for me;
I am found of them that sought me not:
I said, Behold me, behold me,
unto a nation that was not called by my name.

Verse 11

But you who abandon the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

Verse 17

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:
and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Verse 25

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock:
and dust shall be the serpent's meat.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,
saith the Lord.

This verse alludes to Isaiah 11:6–9

See also

References

  1. ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
  2. ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
  3. ↑ Theodore Hiebert, et al. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume VI. Nashville: Abingdon.
  4. ↑ Oxford Reference, Overview: Bernhard Duhm accessed 6 September 2018
  5. ↑ Geneva Bible: subtitle at Isaiah 65:1–12
  6. ↑ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
  7. ↑ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
  8. ↑ As implemented in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
  9. ↑ Isaiah 65:1
  10. ↑ Isaiah 65:17 HCSB
  11. 1 2 Coogan 2007, p. 1069 Hebrew Bible.
  12. ↑ Isaiah 65:17 KJV
  13. ↑ Isaiah 65:25 KJV
  14. ↑ Coggins 2007, p. 483.

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