Chapter LI

¹And in those days the earth will return that which has been entrusted to it, and Sheol will return that which has been entrusted to it, that which it has received, ¹ the earth … has received: so Eth.II, and Q is all but identical; G ‘the earth will return those who are stored up in it, and Sheol will return that which it has received’; M ‘the earth and Sheol will return that which has been entrusted to it, that which it has received’; TUD′ ‘Sheol will return that which has been entrusted to it, (T2 adds ‘and the earth’) that which it has received’. and destruction will return what it owes. ²And he will choose the righteous and holy from among them, for the day has come near that they must be saved. ³And in those days the Chosen One ² QT1 ‘And in those days my Chosen One’; D′ ‘and chosen. In those days he’. will sit on his ³ GMQT1UD′ ‘my’. throne, and all the secrets of wisdom will flow out from the counsel of his mouth, for the Lord of Spirits has appointed him and glorified him. ⁴And in those days the mountains will leap like rams, and the hills will skip like lambs satisfied with milk, and all will become angels in heaven. ⁵Their faces will shine with joy, for in those days the Chosen One will have risen; and the earth will rejoice, and the righteous will dwell upon it, and the chosen will go and walk upon it.