There are also a few beatitudes in the OT Prophetic Books. Consider three examples:18 Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed [אַשְׁרֵי] are all those who wait for him. (Isa 30:18) Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my righteousness be revealed. Blessed [אַשְׁרֵי] is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast.…” (Isa 56:1–2)
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