Isaiah 5:24-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected(A)
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.(B)
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger burns(C) against His people.
He raised His hand against them and struck them;
the mountains quaked,(D)
and their corpses were like garbage in the streets.
In all this, His anger is not removed,
and His hand is still raised to strike.(E)
Isaiah 5:24-25
International Standard Version
The Effects of Divine Judgment
24 Therefore, as flames of fire devour straw,
as dry grass[a] collapses in flames,
so their root will be rotten,
and their blossom will blow away like dust,
because they have rejected the instruction[b] of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies,
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore[c] the anger of the Lord[d] burned against his people,
so he stretched out his hands[e] against them
and afflicted them.
The mountains quaked,
and their corpses were like refuse
in the middle of the streets.
Throughout all of this, his anger has not turned away,
and his hands are[f] still stretched out to attack.[g]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:24 So MT; 1QIsaa reads fire
- Isaiah 5:24 Or law
- Isaiah 5:25 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads And
- Isaiah 5:25 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab LXX read Lord of the Heavenly Armies
- Isaiah 5:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read hand
- Isaiah 5:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read his hand is
- Isaiah 5:25 DSS MT lack to attack
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