Isaiah 15
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Book | Book of Isaiah |
Hebrew Bible part | Nevi'im |
Order in the Hebrew part | 5 |
Category | Latter Prophets |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 23 |
Isaiah 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter and the following chapter deal with the forthcoming history of Moab.
Text
The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 9 verses.
Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).[1]
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BCE or later):[2]
- 1QIsaa: complete
- 1QIsab: extant verses 2-9
- 4QIsao (4Q68): extant verse 1
Extant ancient manuscripts of a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE, include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).[3]
Parashot
The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[4] Isaiah 15 is a part of the Prophecies about the Nations (Isaiah 13–23). {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah.
- {P} 15:1-9 [16:1-4 {S}]
Verse 1
- The burden against Moab.
- Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste
- And destroyed,
- Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste
- And destroyed,[5]
- Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste
- "Burden" (Hebrew: מַשָּׂ֖א mashā): the keyword in the superscriptions for a total of nine similar oracles; the others being: Isaiah 13:1; 17:1; 19:1; 21:1, 11, 13; 22:1; 23:1.[6]
Verse 5
- My heart will cry out for Moab
Isaiah records his sympathy with Moab.[7]
See also
- Related Bible parts: 2 Kings 3, 2 Kings 13, Isaiah 13, Isaiah 14, Isaiah 16, Isaiah 25, Jeremiah 48, Ezekiel 25
Notes and references
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 35–37.
- ^ Ulrich 2010, p. 360-361.
- ^ Würthwein 1995, pp. 73–74.
- ^ As reflected in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.
- ^ Isaiah 15:1
- ^ Childs 2001, p. 113.
- ^ Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Isaiah 15, accessed 29 March 2018
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Kir of Moab". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
Sources
- Childs, Brevard S. (2001). Isaiah. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664221430.
- Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
- Würthwein, Ernst (1995). The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans. ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
External links
Jewish
- Isaiah 15 Hebrew with Parallel English
Christian
- Isaiah 15 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
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- Book of Isaiah
- ספר ישעיהו
- Sefer Yeshayahu
Chapter |
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Verse |
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- Ar-Moab
- Arabia
- Aram
- Arnon
- Ashdod
- Assyria
- Babylon
- Bashan
- Bozrah
- Brook of Egypt
- Canaan
- Carmel
- Chaldea
- Dibon
- Dimon
- Edom
- Eglaim
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Heshbon
- Horonaim
- Israel
- Javan
- Jazer
- Jerusalem
- Kir-Moab
- Lebanon
- Lud
- Medeba
- Medes
- Merodach-baladan
- Moab
- Nebo
- Nile
- Nimrim
- Noph
- Ophir
- Samaria
- Sela
- Sharon
- Shiloah
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Tarshish
- Pul
- Tubal
- Zion
- Zoan
- Zoar
- Isaiah Scroll
- 1QIsab
- Codex Dublinensis
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