Isaiah 22:13

“But look, rejoicing and joy, killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!””
Isaiah 22:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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But look,וְהִנֵּהrejoicingשָׂשׂוֹןand joy,וְשִׂמְחָהkillingהָרֹגcattleבָּקָרand slaughteringוְשָׁחֹטsheep,צֹאןeatingאָכֹלmeatבָּשָׂרand drinkingוְשָׁתוֹתwine:יָיִן“Eatאָכוֹלand drink,וְשָׁתוֹforכִּיtomorrowמָחָרwe die!”נָמוּת

Quotation · 1 Corinthians 15:32

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Paul uses without a formula the words of Isaiah 22:13: “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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Greek of the New Testament: εἰ κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ἐθηριομάχησα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ τί μοι τὸ ὄφελος εἰ νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται Φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνῄσκομεν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְהִנֵּה שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה הָרֹג בָּקָר וְשָׁחֹט צֹאן אָכֹל בָּשָׂר וְשָׁתוֹת יָיִן אָכוֹל וְשָׁתוֹ כִּי מָחָר נָמוּת

Septuagint (Isaiah 22:13 in the Septuagint numbering): αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐποιήσαντο εὐφροσύνην καὶ ἀγαλλίαμα, σφάζοντες μόσχους καὶ θύοντες πρόβατα, ὥστε φαγεῖν κρέα καὶ πιεῖν οἶνον, λέγοντες Φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν, αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνήσκομεν.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “Φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνῄσκομεν.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 22:13, word by word

rejoicingשָׂשׂוֹןsason

joy, gladness

Joy, lively gladness.

Where else “sason” appears

and joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha

joy

Joy, gladness, celebration.

Where else “simcha” appears

killingהָרֹגharog

kill

Kill, slay.

Where else “harog” appears

cattleבָּקָרbakar

cattle, herd

Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.

Where else “bakar” appears

and slaughteringשָׁחֹטshachot

slaughter

To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.

Where else “shachot” appears

sheepצֹאןtson

flock

A flock of sheep and goats.

Where else “tson” appears

eatingאָכֹלachol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

Where else “achol” appears

meatבָּשָׂרbasar

meat

Meat to eat.

Where else “basar” appears

and drinkingשָׁתוֹתshatot

drink

Drink.

Where else “shatot” appears

wineיָיִןyayin

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

Where else “yayin” appears

tomorrowמָחָרmachar

tomorrow

The day that comes after today.

Where else “machar” appears

we dieנָמוּתnamut

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

Where else “namut” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes these words in 1 Corinthians 15:32.

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 15:32

Paul uses without a formula the words of Isaiah 22:13: “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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Isaiah 22:13

¹³But look, rejoicing and joy, killing cattle and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine: “Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

1 Corinthians 15:32

³²If from a human point of view I fought wild beasts in Ephesus, what is the benefit to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

The context

12And Adonai YHWH Tsevaot called on that day to weeping and to lamentation and to baldness and to girding on sackcloth.

13 · This verse (above)

14And YHWH Tsevaot revealed himself in my ears: “Certainly not will this iniquity be expiated for you until you die,” says Adonai YHWH Tsevaot.

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