Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Liz Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

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> Since Isaiah speaks for God, there is little reason to make a big fuss
> about who is talking. But I am comfortable, after many years of
> reading the
> Bible, with the idea that God at times speaks of himself in the third
> person.

Right! t's all the prophet putting words in the mouth of God, Cyrus,
himself.
The important thing is only to know whom the prophet is speaking for at any
particular time.

Liz

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>                               Yours,
>                               Harold Holmyard
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