Isaiah 24
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TheGreat Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found atQumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter.
Book	Book of Isaiah
Hebrew Bible part	Nevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part	5
Category	Latter Prophets
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	23

Isaiah 24 is the 24thchapter of theBook of Isaiah in theHebrew Bible or theOld Testament of theChristianBible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to theprophetIsaiah, and is one of theBooks of the Prophets. Chapters 24-27 of Isaiah constitute one unit of prophecy sometimes called the "Isaiah Apocalypse". Chapter 24 contains the prophecy on the destruction ofJudah for its defilements and transgressions (Isaiah 24:1–12), while a remnant will praise God (Isaiah 24:13–15), and God, by his judgments on his people and their enemies, will advance his kingdom (Isaiah 24:16–23).

The original text was written inHebrew language.This chapter is divided into 23 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter inHebrew are of theMasoretic Text tradition, which includes theCodex Cairensis (895),the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916),Aleppo Codex (10th century),Codex Leningradensis (1008).^[1]

Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among theDead Sea Scrolls (3rd century BC or later):^[2]

• 1QIsa^a: complete
• 1QIsa^b: extant: verses 18‑23
• 4QIsa^b (4Q56): extant: verses 2
• 4QIsa^c (4Q57): extant: verses 1‑15, 19‑23
• 4QIsa^f (4Q60): extant: verses 1‑3

There is also a translation intoKoine Greek known as theSeptuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of theSeptuagint version includeCodex Vaticanus (B;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^B; 4th century),Codex Sinaiticus (S;BHK:${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^S; 4th century),Codex Alexandrinus (A;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^A; 5th century) andCodex Marchalianus (Q;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^Q; 6th century).^[3]

Theparashah sections listed here are based on theAleppo Codex.^[4] Isaiah 24 is a part of theProphecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 24–35). {P}: openparashah; {S}: closedparashah.

{P} 24:1-15 {S} 24:16-20 {S} 24:21-23 {P}

Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste,

and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.^[5]

• "Empty" (Hebrew:בוקקbō-qêq; also writtenבקק): in the sense of "poured out from a vessel". The Arabic parallel has anonomatopoetic sound of water flowing, emptied out from a bottle or "gurgling noise" from that action.^[6][7]
• "Waste" (Hebrew:בולקbō-lêq; also writtenבלק; Assyrian:balâ‡u): "laid waste" or "devastated". The Arabic parallel means "a desert"; also a form ofonomatopoeia, to "void" or "drain away" a bottle of its content; similar to the word that means "empty".^[8][9]

• Jerusalem
• Mount Zion
• RelatedBible parts:Isaiah 1,Isaiah 5,Isaiah 9,Isaiah 10,Isaiah 29,Isaiah 30,Zechariah 5,Matthew 24,1 Thessalonians 5,2 Thessalonians 2,Revelation 6,Revelation 8,Revelation 15,Revelation 18,Revelation 19

• Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010).The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill.
• Würthwein, Ernst (1995).The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans.ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2019.

• Isaiah 24 Masoretic Text (Hebrew) with Parallel English

• Isaiah 24 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

• Book of Isaiah chapters

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