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Psalm of Solomon 11 echoes Isaiah 60 in language and structure, such as the call for Zion to watch her children returning from exile. Both use similar language to present the city as a mother welcoming back her scattered family.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Isaiah 60:4
Hebrew Bible
2 For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you. 3 Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light. 4 Look all around you! They all gather and come to you—your sons come from far away, and your daughters are escorted by guardians. 5 Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you, and the wealth of nations will come to you.
Date: 740–450 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
Psalms of Solomon 11:2
Pseudepigrapha, Wisdom and Poetry
1 Blow the trumpet in Zion to summon (the) saints. Let Jerusalem hear the voice of the one who brings good news; For God has had pity on Israel by attending to them. 2 Stand on the height, Jerusalem, and look at your children, From the East and the West, gathered together by the Lord; 3 From the North they come in the gladness of their God, From the faraway islands God has gathered them.
Date: 65–30 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Another conceptual cluster taken from Isaiah can be found in Psalm of Solomon 11:2-3. In these verses, an unidentified voice commands Jerusalem to “look at your children” whom are “gathered” “from the east and the west” and “from the north”. It appears that the closest linguistic parallels and syntactical constructions come from Isaiah 60:4. The lexical and syntactical overlap with Isaiah 60:4 includes the command for Jerusalem to “look” at her “gathered children”. Zion is urged to fix her gaze upon her sons coming from “far away” as they are hoisted upon the shoulders of conquered foes ..."
Chad Reeser, The Use of Isaiah in Psalm of Solomon 11 and Mark 1:1-15 (University of Aberdeen, 2020), 4.
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