Isaias 55:13
Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.
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The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Pro saliunca ascendet abies, et pro urtica crescet myrtus ; et erit Dominus nominatus in signum æternum quod non auferetur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἀντὶ τῆς στοιβῆς ἀναβήσεται κυπάρισσος, ἀντὶ δὲ τῆς κονύζης ἀναβήσεται μυρσίνη· καὶ ἔσται Κύριος εἰς ὄνομα καὶ εἰς σημεῖον αἰώνιον, καὶ οὐκ ἐκλείψει.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- תַּ֤חַת הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙ יַעֲלֶ֣ה בְר֔וֹשׁ תחת הַסִּרְפַּ֖ד יַעֲלֶ֣ה הֲדַ֑ס וְהָיָ֤ה לַֽיהוָה֙ לְשֵׁ֔ם לְא֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת
Haydock's commentary
Myrtle-tree. Instead of the wicked, the just shall be seen. (Chaldean)
Away. The conversion and sanctity of the Gentiles shall be a trophy to the Lord. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.