Where Marginal Marks Appear in the Isaiah Scroll from the Dead Sea
Three marks appear in the margins of the Isaiah scroll: an X, an ankh, a short horizontal line. These marks draw attention to passages with eschatological content.
Cross Mark |
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| Column | Passage from Isaiah |
| 26 | Behold, a king will reign in righteousness (32:1ff.) |
| 35 | Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit on him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles (42:1ff.)
I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness … and give you a covenant of the people (42:6ff.) |
| 36 | The Lord was pleased … to magnify his law (42:21ff.) |
| 38 | Who says of Cyrus, He is my shepherd … even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built (44:28ff.) |
| 41 | Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel … to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise … because of the Lord … and he shall choose you. (49:7ff.) |
| 45 | Behold, I made him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people (55:4ff.) |
| 46 | Keep justice … for soon my salvation will come (56:1ff.)
Let not the foreigner say, The Lord will surely separate me from his people (56:3ff.) |
| 48 | If you … call the sabbath a delight … then you shall delight … (58:13ff.) |
| 53 | Your brethren who hate you … shall be put to shame (66:5ff.) |
Horizontal Line |
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| Column | Passage from Isaiah |
| 28 | In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah we trust in the Lord our God (36:1ff.) |
| 32 | Comfort, comfort my people … The crooked shall be made straight (40:1ff.) |
| 34 | When the poor and needy seek water … the Lord will hear them (41:17ff.) |
| 38 | Thus says the Lord to his anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him (45:1ff.) |
| 43 | How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation (52:7ff.) |
| 49 | Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen (60:1ff.) |
Ankh |
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| Column | Passage from Isaiah |
| 7 | In that day, a man shall nourish a cow and two sheep … (7:21ff.) |
| 8 | Be broken, you peoples … For the Lord spoke thus … and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of the people … (8:9–10)
Behold, I and the children are signs and wonders in Israel … (8:18–19) The people who walked in darkness have seen great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined … (9:2ff.) |
| 10 | And in that day his burden will depart … because of the anointing (10:27ff.) |
| 10–11 | He will raise an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four courners of the earth (11:12–16) |