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4Q62 Isaiahh Language: Hebrew Date: 100-50 B.C. Location: Qumran Cave 4 Contents: Isaiah 42:4-11
Isaiah 42 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set justice in the earth, and the islands will wait for his law.”
5 Thus says God Yahweh, he who created[1] the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it. 6 “I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and
make you a covenant as a light for the nations; 7 to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
8 “I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images. 9 Behold, the former things have happened, and I declare new things. I tell you about them before they come up.”
10 Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants. 11 Let the wilderness and its cities raise their voices, with the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing. Let them shout from the top of the mountains!
[1] This scroll is a rare case in which the spelling differences are due to the scroll using fewer vowel letters than the Masoretic Text. Usually, it is the opposite. [2] The Hebrew word for “forever” has two additional letters than the word for “people.” “For the people” appears to be a better translation, since it parallels the next phrase. |
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