By Joseph Blenkinsopp
Students have frequently remoted 3 detailed sections of what's referred to as the ebook of Isaiah, and in Isaiah 40—55, uncommon biblical student Joseph Blenkinsopp offers a brand new translation and demanding observation at the part frequently often called moment or Deutero Isaiah. the second one quantity in a three-volume statement, it simply continues the excessive criteria of educational excellence tested through Isaiah 1—39.Second Isaiah used to be written within the 6th century b.c.e., within the years prior to the autumn of the potent Babylonian Empire, by means of an nameless prophet whom heritage has erroneously pointed out with the true Isaiah (born ca. 765 b.c.e.). students understand moment Isaiah used to be written via an individual except Isaiah as the contexts of those prophecies are so very assorted. while moment Isaiah used to be written, the prophet believed that Israel’s time of affliction used to be drawing to a detailed. there has been, he insisted, a brand new age upon them, a time of wish, peace, and renewed nationwide prosperity. the most thrust of the prophet’s argument was once meant to rally the spirits of a humans devastated by means of warfare and conquest. probably the most recognized examples of this confident tone is the well known and liked track of the ache Servant, that is present in Chapters 52—53, and approximately which Blenkinsopp has a few difficult new principles. the ultimate chapters of moment Isaiah, besides the fact that, are in a completely varied key because it turns into transparent that the hot global the prophet foresaw past was once unlikely to come back to cross. This melancholy reveals its so much poignant expression within the ultimate part of the booklet of Isaiah, which Blenkinsopp will deal with in his coming near near 3rd quantity.
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22 "There can be no well-being for the wicked," says Yahveh. THE SERVANT'S ADDRESS TO THE NATIONS (49:1-6) i 49 1 Listen to me, you islands; take heed, you peoples far distant! Yahveh called me before I was born, from my mother s womb he pronounced my name. 2 He made my mouth like a whetted sword and hid me in the shadow of his hand; ד7ז TRANSLATION 42:11-42:21 he made me a sharpened arrow, concealed me in his quiver. " 4 But I thought, "In vain have I toiled, I have spent my strength entirely to no purpose; yet surely my cause is present to Yahveh, my reward is with my God.
Come even if you have no money; buy food and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money, at no cost. 2 Why spend your money for what is not food? Why spend your earnings for what does not satisfy? Listen closely to me if you want to eat well; you will be delighted with the richest fare. 3 Come to me and incline your ear; listen, and your spirit will revive. I shall make with you a perpetual covenant, the tokens of faithful love shown to David. 4 As I made him a witness to peoples, a prince who ruled over nations, 5 so you will summon nations you do not know; nations that do not know you will come running to you for the sake of Yahveh your God, the Holy One of Israel who made you glorious.
Jerusalem, ascend your throne; loose the bonds from your neck, captive daughter Zion! " 4 This is what the Sovereign Lord Yahveh says: "In the beginning my people went down to Egypt to settle there, and then the Assyrians oppressed them without cause. 5So now, what do I find here? [a pronouncement of Yahveh] My people are taken away without payment, and their leaders are boasting about it [a pronouncement of Yahveh] and unceasingly, all day long, my name is reviled. " 8 Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices, with one accord they shout out for joy, for with their own eyes they are witnessing the return of Yahveh to Zion.