Remnant studies

### Isaiah 28:15-17 - The Rowing Flood and the Honest Weight I have been comparing the Hebrew, the LXX, the Eastern Peshitta - Mosul text as in Bauscher's AEIB - and Targum Jonathan on Isaiah 28. Verse 17 reveals something the English misses. #### 1. The Refuge That Will Not Stand In verse 15 the leaders of Jerusalem say: _ki samnu khazav mahsenu u-va-sheqer nistarnu_ (כִּי שַׂמְנוּ כָזָב מַחְסֵנוּ וּבַשֶּׁקֶר נִסְתָּרְנוּ) — "we have made lies our refuge and in falsehood we have hidden ourselves" _shoṭ shoṭef ki ya'avor v'lo yavo aleynu_ (שׁוֹט שׁוֹטֵף כִּי יַעֲבֹר וְלֹא יָבוֹא עָלֵינוּ) — "when the overflowing scourge passes through, it shall not come upon us." They have _karatnu berit et-mavet_ (כָּרַתְנוּ בְרִית אֶת־מָוֶת) — cut a covenant with Death — a political trade-deal, likely with Egypt, to avoid Assyria. God answers in verse 17-18 with the same words turned against them: _v'samti mishpat lə-qaw u-ṣdaqah lə-mišqelet_ (וְשַׂמְתִּי...

--- *Lo Yachish [לֹא יָחִישׁ] — Don't Be Silent — The Fire Behind The Fence* Modern scholars say LXX made a typo in Isaiah 28:16. MT: *ha-ma'amin lo yachish [הַמַּאֲמִין לֹא יָחִישׁ]* — he who believes shall not make haste. LXX: *ou me kataischynthe [οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ]* — shall not be ashamed. So they tell us LXX confused *chet [ח]* for *bet [ב]* — read *yachish [יָחִישׁ]* as *yabosh [יֵבוֹשׁ]* — 954 *bosh [בּוֹשׁ]*. That's not hard evidence. That's hard presumption. Peter was *agrammatos [ἀγράμματος]* — unlearned — Acts 4:13 — could not read Greek well. He was not reading LXX in Alexandria. He was reading Hebrew, Targum. Yet 1 Peter 2:6 quotes "shall not be ashamed." Paul — Romans 9:33, 10:11 — same. You think Peter and Paul knew less than modern scholars? I don't. They knew letters. Look quickly at *chet-shin [ח-ש]* words — should have been obvious: *chashah [חָשָׁה - ח-ש-ה - 2814]* — to be silent — *al techsheh [אַל תֶּחֱשֶׁה]* — don't b...

*Isa 28:15 — The Overflowing That Rows Across* Complete translation, as I now see it: *ki amartem karatnu brit et-mavet ve-im Sheol asinu chozeh shot shoteph ki ya'avor lo yevo'enu ki samnu chazav machsenu uva-sheker nistarenu [כִּי אֲמַרְתֶּם כָּרַתְנוּ בְרִית אֶת־מָוֶת וְעִם־שְׁאוֹל עָשִׂינוּ חֹזֶה שׁוֹט שׁוֹטֵף כִּי־יַעֲבֹר לֹא יְבוֹאֵנוּ כִּי שַׂמְנוּ כָזָב מַחְסֵנוּ וּבַשֶּׁקֶר נִסְתָּרְנוּ]* "For you have said, We have cut a covenant with Death, and with Sheol we have made a pact — *shot shoteph ki ya'avor [שׁוֹט שׁוֹטֵף כִּי־יַעֲבֹר]* — the overflowing that rows across when it passes over — shall not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge and in falsehood we have hidden ourselves." Not "overflowing scourge." A whip does not overflow. A river does. *shot [שׁוֹט]* — Strongs 7751 *shut [שׁוּט]* — to row, to rove, to go about — the oar — *shayit [שַׁיִט]* — *meshot [מְשׁוֹט]* — oar *shoteph [שׁוֹטֵף]* — Strongs 7857 *shataph [שָׁטַף]* — to...

*Anshei Latzon and the Two Tongues* When I see *latzon in Isa 28:14 [לָצוֹן]* I think of *lashon [לָשׁוֹן]*. Tongue, to speak. Even though the root here is *l-w-ts [ל־ו־צ]* — to mouth at. Either in scorn, Or as Ambassador. To squeeze in, crowd, afflict as in LXX is hard to see. But this seems to back what Isaiah is doing. The leaders are mocking. And of course they will mock 28:9-12. As they mock a correct understanding of God's word which differs from their agenda and perhaps, false hope. Hope which escapes judgment. *The Dual Nature of the Tongue* *lutz [לוץ]* has two faces. Same mouth. Same tongue thrust between. To scoff — *letz [לֵץ]* — to push your tongue out at the word. To mediate — *melitz [מֵלִיץ]* — to push your tongue in as interpreter between. Both are *lutz [לוץ]*. The difference is heart. And Isaiah gives us two tongues in the same chapter — and most translations hide it by saying "tongue of strangers." *For a dividing, refreshing margea [מַרְגֵּ...

### *Isa 28:9-13 — Not Mocking. Feeding. And The Divider Who Divides Mockers.* *Everyone says Isa 28:10 — tsav latsav qav laqav — is drunk priests mocking Isaiah: "blah blah blah."* *Wrong. Read v9.* #### *V9 — Who Will He Teach?* *Transliteration: Et mi yoreh de'ah w'et mi yavin shemu'ah gemulei mechalav atiqei meshadaim.* *Hebrew ( את מי יורה דעה ואת מי יבין שמועה גמולי מחלב עתיקי משדים )* *Translation: Whom will He teach knowledge? And whom will He make to understand message? Those weaned from milk, drawn from breasts.* *This is not priests mocking. This is GOD'S school. Weaned = not babies. Grown enough to eat meat. Not milk.* *How does He feed weaned ones?* #### *V10 — His Method — Not Their Mock* *Your Eastern Peshitta from Bauscher — and MT:* *Transliteration: Ki tsav latsav tsav latsav qav laqav qav laqav ze'er sham ze'er sham.* *Hebrew ( כי צו לצו צו לצו קו לקו קו לקו זעיר שם זעיר שם )* *Eastern Peshitta Bauscher reading: Tabta a...

### *Siyga ( סיגא / ܣܝܓܐ ) — The Fence Paul Destroyed — Eph 2:14 and Col 2:14* *English Bibles say Jesus destroyed "the middle wall of partition." Sounds like Temple wall in Jerusalem. Gentiles couldn't go past Court of Gentiles.* *Question: How would a stone wall in Jerusalem cause enmity in Ephesus? Ephesian Gentiles never made trip to Jerusalem. Never saw that wall.* *Paul was Pharisee. He used Pharisee word. Peshitta preserves it. Greek misses it.* *Word is Siyga ( סיגא / ܣܝܓܐ ) — Fence. Not wall of stones. Man-made fence around Torah.* *Avot 1:1 — Asu siyag laTorah ( עשו סיג לתורה / ܥܒܕܘ ܣܝܓܐ ܠܢܡܘܣܐ ) — Make a fence around Torah.* *That fence = halacha — man-made rules: Jew cannot eat with Gentile. Cannot eat meat cooked in Gentile pot. Wash hands this way. Sabbath carry this. Touch not, taste not. All siyga.* *That siyga was enmity. Not Torah. Torah is holy Rom 7:12.* #### *Eph 2:14-16 Full Context Peshitta* *Verse 14:* *Transliteration: Hu yu shlama dil...