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Of course the letters W)MR reflect either pf 3ms or impf 1cs, so the 
reading of the LXX doesn't imply any different Vorlage than that found in 
the MT.  The vowel letters of 1QIsa-a suggest a 1cs reading.  I once 
heard James Sanders talk about this verse, and he pointed out that the 
LXX reading here may be more a reflection of the relatively "free" 
translation technique in Isaiah than of the translator's understanding of 
the Vorlage.  Notice that the LXX adds the vocative IEREIS in v. 2, so 
the speaker in v. 6 may be one of the priests referred to earlier.

Jimmy Adair
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