Isaiah 66:18-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 “Knowing[a] their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages;(A) they will come and see My glory. 19 I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put,[b] Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan,(B) and the islands far away—who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. And they will proclaim My glory among the nations.(C) 20 They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the Lord on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,”(D) says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,”(E) says the Lord.
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- Isaiah 66:18 LXX, Syr; MT omits Knowing
- Isaiah 66:19 LXX; MT reads Pul
Isaiah 66:18-21
International Standard Version
18 “But as for me, I know their actions and their thoughts. Come[a] and gather all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.
19 “I will put up signs[b] among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations—to Tarshish, Libya,[c] and Lydia,[d] (who draw the bow),[e] to Tubal and Greece,[f] to the far off coastlands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. Then they will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 They will bring all—yes, all!—[g] of your kindred from all the nations to[h] my holy mountain Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots, in wagons, and on mules—yes, even on mules!—[i] and on camels,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelis bring a grain offering in a clean vessel to the Lord’s house. 21 Then I will also select some of them for myself[j] as priests and as Levites,”[k] says the Lord.
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- Isaiah 66:18 So IQIsaa; MT LXX read I am about to come
- Isaiah 66:19 So IQIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read a sign
- Isaiah 66:19 Lit. Put
- Isaiah 66:19 Lit. Lud
- Isaiah 66:19 The Lydians were known for their skills at archery
- Isaiah 66:19 Lit. Javan
- Isaiah 66:20 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read bring all; LXX reads bring
- Isaiah 66:20 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads upon
- Isaiah 66:20 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack yes, even on mules!
- Isaiah 66:21 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT LXX lack for myself
- Isaiah 66:21 I.e. the ministry formerly held by the descendants of Levi
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