D — Historical and Apocalyptic Works

The Renewed Earth (4Q 475)

1A single fragment of a poem, palaeographically datable to the late first century BCE, depicts the eschatological bliss of the Holy land. For the editio princeps, see T. Elgvin, DJD, XXXVI, 464-73.

2... [He has] chosen [Zio]n, and in righteous life ... [And] they did forget [His precepts] and did not seek them. And the land ... ... (His) hands in the midst of them and explained to them all the [laws?] ... [a]ll the earth so that there will be no more guilt in the land, nor will be... ... [dest]ruction and all hatred and the whole world will be like a moth. And all [its] inhabitants ... ... And the land will be at rest for ever, And [its] inhabita[nts] will ... [And they will become] a beloved son and they will seek all of it, and righteousness ...