The animalsחַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהwill honor me,תְּכַבְּדֵנִיjackalsתַּנִּיםand ostriches,וּבְנוֹת יַעֲנָהbecauseכִּיI have givenנָתַתִּיin the wildernessבַמִּדְבָּרwater,מַיִםriversנְהָרוֹתin the wasteland,בִּישִׁימֹןto give drinkלְהַשְׁקוֹתto my people,עַמִּיmy chosen one.בְחִירִי
Allusion · 1 Peter 2:9
Go to 1 Peter 2:9Both texts, in Greek, speak of God’s “chosen race,” formed to proclaim his “excellencies” (aretas): 1 Peter 2:9 and Isaiah 43:20-21 in the Septuagint.
They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.
Words of the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation of the OT (Isaiah 43:20 in the Septuagint numbering; Swete's text, CC BY-SA 4.0):