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Isaiah 11:6-7

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11:6 A wolf will reside 1  with a lamb,

and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;

an ox and a young lion will graze together, 2 

as a small child leads them along.

11:7 A cow and a bear will graze together,

their young will lie down together. 3 

A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

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[11:6]  1 tn The verb גּוּר (gur) normally refers to living as a dependent, resident alien in another society.

[11:6]  2 tc The Hebrew text reads, “and an ox, and a young lion, and a fatling together.” Since the preceding lines refer to two animals and include a verb, many emend וּמְרִיא (umÿri’, “and the fatling”) to an otherwise unattested verb יִמְרְאוּ (yimrÿu, “they will graze”); cf. NAB, TEV, CEV. One of the Qumran copies of Isaiah confirms this suggestion (1QIsaa). The present translation assumes this change.

[11:7]  3 tn Heb “and a cow and a bear will graze – together – they will lie down, their young.” This is a case of pivot pattern; יַחְדָּו (yakhddav, “together”) goes with both the preceding and following statements.



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