Isaiah 5:24-26

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Isaiah 5:24 tn Heb “a tongue of fire” (so NASB), referring to a tongue-shaped flame.
2. Isaiah 5:24 sn They are compared to a flowering plant that withers quickly in a hot, arid climate.
3. Isaiah 5:24 tn Heb “the word.”
4. Isaiah 5:24 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
5. Isaiah 5:25 tn Heb “the anger of the Lord rages.”
6. Isaiah 5:25 tn Or “extends”; KJV, ASV “he hath stretched forth.”
7. Isaiah 5:25 tn Or “garbage” (NCV, CEV, NLT); NAB, NASB, NIV “refuse.”
8. Isaiah 5:25 tn Heb “in all this his anger is not turned, and still his hand is outstretched.”
9. Isaiah 5:26 tc The Hebrew text has literally, “for nations from a distance.” The following verses use singular forms to describe this nation, so the final mem (ם) on לְגּוֹיִם (l^egoyim) may be enclitic or dittographic. In the latter case one could read לְגוֹי מֵרָחוֹק (l^egoy merakhoq, “for a nation from a distance”; see Deut 28:49; Joel 3:8). Another possibility is to emend the text from לַגּוֹיִם מֵרָחוֹק (laggoyim merakhoq) to לְגוֹי מִמֶּרְחָק (l^egoy mimmerkhaq, “for a nation from a distant place”), a phrase which occurs in Jer 5:15. In this case an error of misdivision has occurred in MT, the mem of the prefixed preposition being accidentally taken as a plural ending on the preceding word.
10. Isaiah 5:26 tn Heb “he.” Singular forms are used throughout vv. 26-30 to describe this nation, but for stylistic reasons the translation uses the plural for these collective singulars.