A slightly odd translation at Isaiah 59.20 may signal that the intention of the Hebrew text has been substantially subverted in the Greek text. At the close of an oracle that describes the Divine Warrior’s victory over the nations, the Masoretic Text 59.20 has the following: “And he will come to Zion (as) a redeemer, to those in Jacob who turn (from) transgression — an oracle of the Lord.”... It is noteworthy that, in the Septuagint, the redeemer comes on Zion’s behalf. This motivation is fleshed out by his activity of turning back ungodliness from Jacob. The Hebrew text — in which he comes to those in Jacob who themselves have turned — knows nothing of this activity at all. In view of the preceding context, it is possible that the most natural reading of Septuagint 59.20 makes Zion/Jacob the virtuous benefactor of the Lord’s military ejection of Gentile godlessness from their midst. It is difficult — though not impossible — to reconcile ἔνεκεν and ἀποστρέψει ἀπό with any other view. If this is what the translator has intended, then we have in Septuagint 59.20 a glimpse of Diaspora hope not only to return to Zion, but also of the Warrior/Redeemer’s cleansing of the mother city itself, perhaps from foreign occupation or influence.