24 Therefore, (A)as a tongue of fire consumes stubble,
And dry grass collapses in the flame,
So their (B)root will become (C)like rot, and their blossom [a]blow away like dust;
For they have (D)rejected the Law of the Lord of armies,
And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 For this reason the (E)anger of the Lord has burned against His people,
And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them.
And the (F)mountains quaked, and their (G)corpses [b]lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.
(H)Despite all this, His anger [c]is not spent,
But His (I)hand is still stretched out.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:24 Lit ascend
  2. Isaiah 5:25 Lit were
  3. Isaiah 5:25 Lit has not turned away

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]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:24 So MT; 1QIsaa reads fire
  2. Isaiah 5:24 Or law
  3. Isaiah 5:25 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads And
  4. Isaiah 5:25 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab LXX read Lord of the Heavenly Armies
  5. Isaiah 5:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read hand
  6. Isaiah 5:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read his hand is
  7. Isaiah 5:25 DSS MT lack to attack