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Isaiah 51:1— Hearken to me, ye that follow (רדפי) after righteousness, ye that seek (מבקשי) the Lord. The verb רדף is closer to Lt. prosequor and persequor then διώκω. The verb בשק is a compound from ἐπιζητέω confirmed with the spanish words buscada, buscat and the component ζητεω is צדה. צוד, צדה ζ...

Isa 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish (Athens) first, to bring thy sons from far. איים יקוו — isles shall wait. γᾶι προσδοκησουσι The verb קוה is a compound of προσδοκάω; expect for, whether in hope or fear, wait for. Thus in Psalm 62:5 תקותי means "my expectation"...

Isaiah 62:3 — Thou shalt also be a crown of glory (עטרה תפארת) in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem (צניף) in the hand of thy God. κίδαρις φαντασίας (עטרה תפארת) κίδαρις Persian head-dress, prob. = τιάρα, κυρβασία —also κίταρις 2. turban of Jewish high priest, LXX Ex.28.4 τιάρα A.tiara, the P...

Isaiah 57:14 stumblingblock מכשול σφάλλω —to make to fall, throw down, overthrow, properly by tripping up, to trip up in wrestling σφάλμα —trip, stumble, false step. Psalms 91:12 lest thou dash thy foot against a stone פֶּן־ תִּגֹּ֖ף בָּאֶ֣בֶן רַגְלֶֽךָ׃ μήποτε προσκόψῃς πρὸς λίθον τὸν πόδα σου προσ...

Isaiah 56:7 זבחיהם לרצון על מזבחי their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar The word רצון derives from the compound προδέχομαι; take, accept, receive. Cf. πρόσδεξις; acceptance. This is proven in Ezekiel 20:41 in which ארצה אתכם in Greek version is προσδέξομαι ὑμᾶς "I will accept you". The ...

Isaiah 22:22 The key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. Revelation 3:7 he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; (Cyrus did). Isaiah 45:1 Thus...

Isa 44:27 That saith to the deep (צולה) be dry (חרבי), and I will dry up (אוביש) thy rivers. (נהרתיך). They are two distinct Hebrew words translating into "Dry" and the word translated into "deep" is not the same Hebrew in Gen 1:2 translated into deep. This a problem with the English translations, d...

Deu 33:10 Jacob thy judgments משפתיך _ δίκαιον σου Israel thy law תורתך _ ἐντολή σου By deriving Torah (תורת) from ἐντολή then the verb ירה would equate with ἐντέλλω; command by word of mouth i.e teach. The word למד matches μανθάνω (ΜΝΘ = למד) "learn" thus תלמיד is a μαθητής 'learner' and תלמוד "Tal...

Micah 1:16 כי גלו ממך for they are gone into captivity from thee. Another reference to the captivity, but a different verb, גלו means ἐξελαύνω; expel from a place. The noun גלה be ἔλασις; driving away, banishing. Micah 2:12 I will surely assemble (אאסף) O Jacob, all of thee. I will gather (אקבץ) the...

Hosea 6:11 concludes with "when I returned the captivity of my people". Ref. Isaiah 45:13/61:1 that directly mention Cyrus outside the so called chronological period of Hezekiah. The opening of Isaiah and Micah concludes they were prophesying between 783 to 687 BCE but why emphasize the Achaemenid P...