Isaiah 24:13-15

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Isaiah 24:13 tn Heb “in the midst of” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).
2. Isaiah 24:13 sn The judgment will severely reduce the earth’s population. See v. 6.
3. Isaiah 24:14 sn The remnant of the nations (see v. 13) may be the unspecified subject. If so, then those who have survived the judgment begin to praise God.
4. Isaiah 24:14 tn Heb “they yell out concerning.”
5. Isaiah 24:15 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “in the lights,” interpreted by some to mean “in the region of light,” referring to the east. Some scholars have suggested the emendation of בָּאֻרִים (baʾurim) to בְּאִיֵּי הַיָּם (b^eʾiyye hayyam, “along the seacoasts”), a phrase that is repeated in the next line. In this case, the two lines form synonymous parallelism. If one retains the MT reading (as above), “in the east” and “along the seacoasts” depict the two ends of the earth to refer to all the earth (as a merism).
6. Isaiah 24:15 tn The word “extol” is supplied in the translation; the verb in the first line does double duty in the parallelism.
7. Isaiah 24:15 tn Heb “name,” which here stands for God’s reputation achieved by his mighty deeds.