Analytical-Literal Translation of the OT - Volume Four

The Analytical-Literal Translation of the Old Testament (ALT: OT) is available in five volumes. This Old Testament is based on the Greek Septuagint (LXX). The LXX is a third century B.C. Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. This ALT: OT will enable the reader to come as close to the Greek text as possible without having to be proficient in Greek.

This fourth volume contains the Prophetic Books (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi). In these books, the LORD, speaking through His prophets, denounces Israel, Judah, and surrounding nations for their sins. These warnings are applicable to us today, as the USA and other nations are now engaging in similar sins. But there is also much uplifting material in these books, with the prophets expressing strong faith in the LORD in the face of hardships.

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Paperback: 190 pages (8-1/2”x11”). $11.50. Order from the publisher via their website: Lulu Publishing.

Hardback: 190 pages (8-1/2”x11”). $19.50. Order from the publisher via their website: Lulu Publishing.

The “Regular” paperback and hardback versions of the ALT: OT listed above are printed on 8-1/2”x11” pages in double columns using Times New Roman 10-point font. However, there is also available a Personal Size Version. It is printed on 6” x 9” pages in single columns using the same font size, Times 10. Many requested this smaller page size, so I am making it available. However, due to the smaller page size, the number of pages and thus the cost of the book is greater.

Paperback: 336 pages. $11.75. Order from the publisher via their website: Amazon.

Hardback: 336 pages. $19.50. Order from the publisher via their website: Amazon.

Paperback: 336 pages. $12.25. Order from the publisher via their website: Lulu Publishing.

Hardback: 336 pages. $20.25. Order from the publisher via their website: Lulu Publishing.

Notes: Different formats and publishers might have different covers, but the content is the same in all of them. The newest version of the ALT: OT published in 2023 is a corrected text not a full new edition. Only minor corrections have been made, plus the appendixes and covers have been updated. Look for “2023” in the copyright notices on pages 2 and 4 for the latest version.

The Kindle versions of the ALT listed on both Amazon pages are identical. It has just been duplicated on each page.

Also, I've been asked about reducing the number of volumes of the ALT by combining some of the volumes. That would not be possible due to page limitations with my current method of publishing my books and technical difficulties of working with what would be very large files.

The links to Amazon are advertising links, for which I receive a commission in addition to my royalty if a product is purchased after following the link.

Note: The paperback and hardback versions of the ALT are in double columns. But it is not possible to reproduce that format here.

The Analytical-Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (ALT) is translated by Gary F. Zeolla (www.Zeolla.org). The ALT consists of seven volumes. They are.

Volumes I to IV contain the Old Testament (OT). All 39 of these books are considered canonical by Jews and all Christian groups. The word “canon” means list of authoritative books, so canonical books are those which are included in this list. They are believed to be inspired by God and reliable for basing doctrine and practice upon. As such, all 39 of these OT books are a trustworthy guide to correct faith and practice and to spiritual enrichment.

Volume V is the Apocryphal/ Deuterocanonical (A/D) Books. These are the “extra” books found in the OTs of Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles as compared to Jewish Bibles and the OTs of Protestant Bibles. There is much debate over if these books are canonical or not. They were all written in the period between the end of the OT and the beginning of the New Testament (NT). They are thus included in the ALT as, inspired or not, they are worth reading and provide background to the NT.

Volume VI contains the NT. All 27 of these books are considered canonical by all Christian groups. They are thus the bedrock on which Christian doctrine and practice are built upon and provide much spiritual benefit.

Volume VII of the ALT contains the Apostolic Fathers (APF). These are the writings of Church leaders of the late first to mid-second centuries, most of whom were direct disciples of the apostles. Some of these books were seriously considered for inclusion in the canon of the NT. These are marked with an asterisk on the Table of Contents. They were ultimately rejected for the canon, but all of these APF books were popular in the early centuries of the Church. They give insight into the mindset of the early Church shortly after the apostles and provide background to the NT. As such, they are very much worth reading.

And it happened in the year in which Uzziah the king died, [that] I saw the LORD sitting on a high and having been exalted throne, and the house [was] full of His glory! [see John 12:41] ²And seraphs had stood round about Him; six wings to one and six wings to one [fig., each one had six wings]; and with two they were covering [their] face, and with two they were covering [their] feet, and with two they flew. ³And they cried out, another to the other, and they were saying, “Holy, holy, holy [is] the LORD of hosts; the whole earth [is] full of His glory!” ⁴And the lintel was lifted up at the voice which they cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.

⁵And I said, “Oh! I [am] suffering, for I have been pierced [to the heart]! For being a person, and having unclean lips, I dwell in [the] midst of a people having unclean lips; and I saw with my eyes the King, the LORD of hosts!” ⁶And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he was having in [his] hand a coal, which he took from the altar with the tongs. ⁷And he touched my mouth, and said, “Behold, this touched your lips, and will take away your iniquities, and will purge off your sins.”

⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people [Heb., go for Us]?” And I said, behold, “I am [here]; send me!” ⁹And He said, “Go, and say to this people, ‘Hear, you* will hear [Fig., You* will indeed hear], but by no means shall you* understand; and seeing, you* will see [fig., you* will indeed see], but by no means shall you* perceive.’ [Luke 8:10] ¹⁰For the heart of this people [has] become dull, and they heard heavily with their ears [fig., they are hard of hearing], and they closed their eyes; lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I would heal them.” [Matt 13:15-16; Mark 4:12-13; John 12:40; Acts 28:26-27]

¹¹And I said, “Until when [fig., How long], O Lord?” And He said, “Until cities are desolated because of no [one] to be living in [them], and houses because of no people to be [in them], and the land will be left deserted. ¹²And after these [things] GOD will remove the people far away, and the ones having been left will be multiplied upon the land. ¹³And yet the tenth is upon it, and again it will be for plunder, as a turpentine tree, and as an acorn when it falls out of its husk.”

Isaiah 53

O LORD, who believed our report? And to whom was the arm of the LORD revealed? ²We reported before Him as a child. [He is] as a root in a thirsting land; there is no form nor glory to Him; and we saw Him, but He was not having form nor beauty. ³But His form [was] dishonored, failing [fig., inferior to] all people of humanity, being in misfortune, and knowing to be carrying sickness, for His face has been turned away; He was dishonored, and not accounted [fig., esteemed].

⁴This [One] bears our sins, and suffered pain for us; yet we accounted Him to be in toil, and in misfortune, and in mistreatment. ⁵But He was wounded because of our iniquities, and was softened [fig., bruised] because of our sins; [the] discipline of our peace [was] upon Him; [and] by His wound[s] we were healed. [1Peter 2:24; cp., Rom 4:25; Heb 5:8; 9:28] ⁶All we as sheep were led astray; [every] person was led astray in his [own] way; but the LORD gave Him up for our sins. [cp. 1Peter 2:25]

⁷And He, because of having been mistreated, did not open [His] mouth; He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb before the one shearing, He [was] silent, thus He does not open His mouth. [cp. Matt 26:63; 27:12-14; Mark 14:61; 15:5; Luke 23:9; John 19:9] ⁸In [His] humiliation His judgment was taken away; who will declare His generation? For His life is taken away from the earth. [Acts 8:32,33] “Because of the iniquities of My people He was led to death. ⁹And I will give the wicked [people] for His burial, and the rich [people] for His death; for He did no iniquity, nor was deceit found in His mouth.”

¹⁰And the LORD desires to purge Him of His misfortune. If you* shall give [an offering] for sin, your* soul will see a long-lived seed. ¹¹And the LORD desires to take away from the suffering of His soul, to show to Him light, and to form [Him] with understanding; to justify a just [person] serving many [people] well; and He will bear their sins. ¹²Therefore He will inherit many [people], and He will divide [the] spoils of the strong [ones]; instead of which His soul was delivered to death; and He was counted among the lawless [people]; and He bore [the] sins of many [people], and was delivered up because of their sins.

[i.e., The word “Servant” and the pronouns are capitalized in the preceding five paragraphs because the NT writers quote from this passage as being a prophecy of Christ, as the cross references indicate.]

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