Later text
Daniel 12:3BSB
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
Intertextuality Pair
Daniel 12:3 → Isaiah 52:13
Earlier text
Isaiah 52:13BSB
Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
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Earlier text
Isaiah 53:11BSB
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
Significance
Daniel 12:3 says the מַשְׂכִּילִים (maskilim, "the wise/those who are insightful") will "shine like the brightness of the heavens" and those who "lead many to righteousness" (מַצְדִּיקֵי הָרַבִּים, matsdiqei harabbim) will shine like stars. Isaiah 52:13 uses the same root שׂכל (sakal) for the Servant: "My Servant will prosper" (יַשְׂכִּיל, yaskil, 'prosper/act wisely'), and the Servant "will justify many" (יַצְדִּיק... לָרַבִּים, Isa 53:11). Daniel's "wise ones" who lead "the many" to righteousness echo the Servant who makes "the many" righteous. This verbal parallel suggests Daniel portrays the faithful remnant as those who participate in the Servant's mission of wisdom and justification. Isaiah 52:13 itself moves from the Servant's wise action to His being "raised and lifted up and highly exalted," suggesting Daniel's shining "wise ones" also participate in the Servant's larger trajectory from suffering to glory.
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- Reference Type
- Echo — the shared lexeme with Isa 52:13 is only the common wisdom-verb שׂכל (62× canon-wide), so the tie to 52:13 is conceptual, not citation-grade; the pair's genuinely rare verbal anchor is Isaiah 53:11 ("will justify many," צדק + רַבִּים — a collocation shared by only these two verses canon-wide), named below
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- Longitudinal Theme