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Isaiah 24 Translation Questions
Q? What is Yahweh about to do?
A. He is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants. [24:1]
Q? How has the earth been polluted by its inhabitants?
A. The earth has been polluted because its inhabitants have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant. [24:5]
Q? What happens to the inhabitants of the earth?
A. They will burn up and few people will be left. [24:6]
Q? What image does Isaiah use to show how it will be at that time on the whole earth among the nations?
A. He compares conditions on the earth at that time to how it is when an olive tree is beaten or as the gleanings when the grape harvest is done. [24:13]
Q? In the midst of all this calamity what will "they" do?
A. They will lift up their voices and shout the majesty oh Yahweh and will joyfully shout from the sea. [24:14]
Q? What is Isaiah's response to the shouting and calls to glorify Yahweh, the God of Israel?
A. Isaiah responds by saying, "I have wasted away, I have wasted away, woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously. [24:16]
Q? On that day who will Yahweh punish?
A. Yahweh will punish the host of the high ones on high and the kings of the earth on the earth. [24:21]
Q? What will be the punishment for the host of the high ones on high and the kings of the earth on the earth?
A. They will be gathered together, prisoners in a pit and will be shut up in prison and after many days they will be sentenced. [24:22]
Q? Why will the moon be ashamed and the sun disgraced?
A. This will be because Yahweh of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders in glory. [24:23]