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Isaiah 24:22-23
New English Translation
Isaiah 24:22-23
New English Translation
22 They will be imprisoned in a pit,[a]
locked up in a prison,
and after staying there for a long time,[b] they will be punished.[c]
23 The full moon will be covered up,[d]
the bright sun[e] will be darkened;[f]
for the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will rule[g]
on Mount Zion in Jerusalem
in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.[h]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 24:22 tn Heb “they will be gathered [in] a gathering [as] a prisoner in a cistern.” It is tempting to eliminate אֲסֵפָה (ʾasefah, “a gathering”) as dittographic or as a gloss, but sound repetition is one of the main characteristics of the style of this section of the chapter.
- Isaiah 24:22 tn Heb “and after a multitude of days.”
- Isaiah 24:22 tn Heb “visited” (so KJV, ASV). This verse can mean to visit for good or for evil. The translation assumes the latter, based on v. 21a. However, BDB 823 s.v. פָּקַד B.Niph.2 suggests the meaning “visit graciously” here, in which case one might translate “they will be released.”
- Isaiah 24:23 tn Heb “will be ashamed.”
- Isaiah 24:23 tn Or “glow of the sun.”
- Isaiah 24:23 tn Heb “will be ashamed” (so NCV).
- Isaiah 24:23 tn Or “take his throne,” “become king.”
- Isaiah 24:23 tn Heb “and before his elders [in] splendor.”
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