Isaiah 54:13

“And all your children will be disciples of YHWH, and great will be the peace of your children.”
Isaiah 54:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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And allוְכָלyour childrenבָּנַיִךְwill be disciplesלִמּוּדֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand greatוְרַבwill be the peaceשְׁלוֹםof your children.בָּנָיִךְ

Quotation · John 6:45

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Jesus quotes Isaiah 54:13 in shortened form. Where the Hebrew says “all your children will be taught by YHWH,” John says “they will all be taught by God.”

Formula: ἔστιν γεγραμμένον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις “it is written in the Prophets” (John 6:45)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἔστιν γεγραμμένον ἐν τοῖς προφήταις Καὶ ἔσονται πάντες διδακτοὶ θεοῦ πᾶς ὁ ἀκούσας παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ μαθὼν ἔρχεται πρὸς ἐμέ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְכָל בָּנַיִךְ לִמּוּדֵי יְהוָה וְרַב שְׁלוֹם בָּנָיִךְ

Septuagint (Isaiah 54:13 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ πάντας τοὺς υἱούς σου διδακτοὺς θεοῦ, ἐν πολλῇ εἰρήνῃ τὰ τέκνα σου.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

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

Isaiah 54:13, word by word

your childrenבָּנַיִbanayi

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “banayi” appears

will be disciplesלִמּוּדֵיlimude

disciple

One who has been taught.

Where else “limude” appears

of YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

and greatרַבrav

great

Of great size or power; the one who stands out.

Where else “rav” appears

will be the peaceשְׁלוֹםshelom

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

Where else “shelom” appears

Translation note

Jesus quotes this verse in John 6:45 (“they will all be taught by God”).

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Quotation · John 6:45

Jesus quotes Isaiah 54:13 in shortened form. Where the Hebrew says “all your children will be taught by YHWH,” John says “they will all be taught by God.”

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Isaiah 54:13

¹³And all your children will be disciples of YHWH, and great will be the peace of your children.

John 6:45

⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard from the Father and learned comes to me.

The context

12And I will make your battlements of ruby, and your gates of stones of crystal, and all your border of precious stones.

13 · This verse (above)

14In righteousness you will be established; be far from oppression, for you will not fear, and from terror, for it will not come near to you.

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