# Epistle of Barnabas 11.4

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:380; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/11/4/

Summary: Isaiah: God will go before his people and give hidden treasures.

## Greek text

καὶ πάλιν λέγει ὁ προφήτης· Ἐγὼ πορεύσομαι ἔμπροσθέν σου καὶ ὄρη ὁμαλιῶ καὶ πύλας χαλκᾶς συντρίψω καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συγκλάσω, καὶ δώσω σοι θησαυροὺς σκοτεινούς, ἀποκρύφους, ἀοράτους, ἵνα γνῶσιν ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεός.

## English translation (Claude)

And again the prophet says, “I will go before you and level mountains and shatter bronze gates and break iron bars, and I will give you treasures that are dark, hidden, unseen, so that they may know that I am the Lord God.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 45:2: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 45:3: quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 11.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/11/4/).