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LXX Isaiah

Septuagint

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Chapter 4

1 And seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let your name be called upon us, and take away our reproach. 2 And in that day God shall shine gloriously in counsel on the earth,⁠ to exalt and glorify the remnant of Israel. 3 And it shall be, that the remnant left in Zion, and the remnant left in Jerusalem, even all that are appointed to life in Jerusalem, shall be called holy. 4 For the Lord shall wash away the filth of the sons and daughters of Zion, and shall purge out the blood from the midst of them, with the spirit of judgment, and the spirit of burning. 5 And he shall come, and it shall be with regard to every place of mount Zion, yes, all the region all around it shall a cloud overshadow by day, and there shall be as it were the smoke and light of fire burning by night: and upon all the glory shall be a defense. 6 And it shall be for a shadow from the heat, and as a shelter and a hiding place from inclemency of weather and from rain.

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Hebrew Bible · Septuagint

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Summary

Isaiah 4 focuses on agricultural renewal as a sign of restored honor for the survivors in Jerusalem. The Greek Septuagint translation, building on the Hebrew “honor,” changes it to describe God’s glory appearing on earth to honor the remnant in Israel.

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Isaiah 4:2

Hebrew Bible
1 Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, “We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you—take away our shame!” 2 At that time the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel. 3 Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called “holy,” all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.
740–450 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Isaiah

LXX Isaiah 4:2

Septuagint
1 And seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let your name be called upon us, and take away our reproach. 2 And in that day God shall shine gloriously in counsel on the earth, to exalt and glorify the remnant of Israel. 3 And it shall be, that the remnant left in Zion, and the remnant left in Jerusalem, even all that are appointed to life in Jerusalem, shall be called holy.
100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX Isaiah

References

"... de Sousa has correctly observed that the idea of the Lord manifesting his counsel in this passage parallels that of him gloriously shining on the earth with counsel (βουλῇ) in 4:2. This latter passage has been seen in connection with the βουλή of 25:1. According to Seeligmann, by reading LXX Isaiah 4:2, one can see that the translator, in line with the idea of an age-old plan, has given his text a theophanic connotation in a messianic future. Hence, LXX Isaiah 4:2 speaks of “God’s glory that will descend upon the earth in those days, in order to honour and exalt the remnant of the people of Israel” ..."
Abi T. Ngunga, Messianism in the Old Greek of Isaiah: An Intertextual Analysis, FRLANT 245 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013), 94.

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