Ezekiel's Message of Hope and Restoration by Hei Yin Yip

Author:Hei Yin Yip
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2021-05-10T14:14:05.207000+00:00

6.1.2

Redaction Criticism

6.1.2.1 Redaction in Ezekiel 7:3–9

In 7:3–9 the divergences between the LXX and the MT show that a reorganization of the material took place within the MT. LXX Ezek 7:3–6 is transposed and is attested in MT vv. 6aβ, 7–9, whereas LXX Ezek 7:7–9 is transposed and is attested in MT vv. 3–5a. 29 Lust and his colleagues have argued that “these divergences are not due to accidental errors in the transmission of the text. Most of them are the result of a redactional activity on the side of the MT.” 30 Ezek 7:8–9 is a doublet of vv. 3–4 and serves as “a Wiederaufnahme [resumption] allowing the insertion of vv. 5b–7.” 31 As mentioned in section 6.1.1, the MT pluses in vv. 5b–7 contain some words, namely אחת רעה / קץ בא / צפירה, that are new in the context. As such these new words specify the coming of the evil at the end of the days. The term אחת רעה in v. 5b is further depicted as the ṣefirah (הצפירה) in vv. 7, 10. These additions draw attention to a new feature in vv. 3–9: in the LXX it is YHWH himself who brings judgement (cf. LXX 7:6, καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ διότι ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ τύπτων, “you will know that I am the Lord who smites”); however, in the MT it is the ṣefirah (הצפירה) who acts as the agent of YHWH’s judgement. 32 In this way, the addition of these new words between vv. 3–4 and their Wiederaufnahme in vv. 8–9 puts the accent on the announcement of the imminent coming of הצפירה. 33

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