Isaiah 48 is the forty-eighth chapter of the

Book of Isaiah The Book of Isaiah ( he, ספר ישעיהו, ) is the first of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Major Prophets in the Christian Old Testament. It is identified by a superscription as the words of the 8th-century BC ...

in the Hebrew Bible or the

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of the

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Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the

Books of the Prophets Nevi'im (; he, נְבִיאִים ''Nəvīʾīm'', Tiberian: ''Năḇīʾīm,'' "Prophets", literally "spokespersons") is the second major division of the Hebrew Bible (the ''Tanakh''), lying between the Torah (instruction) and Ketuvim (wri ...

. Chapters 40-55 are known as "Deutero-Isaiah" and date from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon. According to John Skinner, this chapter, which is "largely a recapitulation of certain outstanding themes of the prophecy", consists of "exhortations addressed to the exiles in the near prospect of deliverance".Skinner, J., (1897-8)
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
on Isaiah 48, accessed 20 August 2018

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 22 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 The Codex Cairensis (also: ''Codex Prophetarum Cairensis'', ''Cairo Codex of the Prophets'') is a Hebrew manuscript containing the complete text of the Hebrew Bible's Nevi'im (Prophets). It has traditionally been described as "the oldest dated He ...

(895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916),

Aleppo Codex The Aleppo Codex ( he, כֶּתֶר אֲרָם צוֹבָא, romanized: , lit. 'Crown of Aleppo') is a medieval bound manuscript of the Hebrew Bible. The codex was written in the city of Tiberias in the tenth century CE (circa 920) under the ...

(10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BC or later): * 1QIsa^a: complete * 1QIsa^b: extant verses 17‑22 * 4QIsa^c (4Q57): extant verses 10‑13, 17‑19 * 4QIsa^d (4Q58): extant verses 8‑22 There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B;

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^B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK:

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^S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A;

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^A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q;

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^Q; 6th century).

Parashot

The ''

parashah The term ''parashah'' ( he, פָּרָשָׁה ''Pārāšâ'', "portion", Tiberian , Sephardi , plural: ''parashot'' or ''parashiyot'', also called ''parsha'') formally means a section of a biblical book in the Masoretic Text of the Tanakh (Heb ...

'' sections listed here are based on the

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Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English
Isaiah 48 is a part of the ''Consolations ( Isaiah 40 –66)''. : open ''parashah''; : closed ''parashah''. : 48:1-2 48:3-11 48:12-16 48:17-19 48:20-22

Israel's Stubbornness (48:1–11)

Verse 1

The community of Israel is accused of falsity in their commitment to YHWH and appears to be the cause of complaint in this passage.

Deliverance Promised to Israel {48:12–22)

Verses 20–21

A "closing hymn of praise".

References

Sources

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External links

Jewish

Isaiah 48 Hebrew with Parallel English

Christian

Isaiah 48 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
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