Yesaya 5:24
Konteks5:24 Therefore, as flaming fire 1 devours straw,
and dry grass disintegrates in the flames,
so their root will rot,
and their flower will blow away like dust. 2
For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies,
they have spurned the commands 3 of the Holy One of Israel. 4
Yesaya 49:7
Konteks49:7 This is what the Lord,
the protector 5 of Israel, their Holy One, 6 says
to the one who is despised 7 and rejected 8 by nations, 9
a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and rise in respect, 10
princes will bow down,
because of the faithful Lord,
the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
[5:24] 1 tn Heb “a tongue of fire” (so NASB), referring to a tongue-shaped flame.
[5:24] 2 sn They are compared to a flowering plant that withers quickly in a hot, arid climate.
[5:24] 4 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[49:7] 5 tn Heb “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
[49:7] 6 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[49:7] 7 tc The Hebrew text reads literally “to [one who] despises life.” It is preferable to read with the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa לבזוי, which should be vocalized as a passive participle, לִבְזוּי (livzuy, “to the one despised with respect to life” [נֶפֶשׁ is a genitive of specification]). The consonantal sequence וי was probably misread as ה in the MT tradition. The contextual argument favors the 1QIsaa reading. As J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 2:294) points out, the three terse phrases “convey a picture of lowliness, worthlessness, and helplessness.”
[49:7] 8 tn MT’s Piel participle (“to the one who rejects”) does not fit contextually. The form should be revocalized as a Pual, “to the one rejected.”
[49:7] 9 tn Parallelism (see “rulers,” “kings,” “princes”) suggests that the singular גּוֹי (goy) be emended to a plural or understood in a collective sense (see 55:5).
[49:7] 10 tn For this sense of קוּם (qum), see Gen 19:1; 23:7; 33:10; Lev 19:32; 1 Sam 20:41; 25:41; 1 Kgs 2:19; Job 29:8.
