536 Wilson de Angelo Cunha protasis ejavn + sub. aor. verb: kalamhshtai v v. 13b: kalamhsontai v v. 13c: apodosis ind. fut. verb: protasis ejavn + sub. aor. verb: paushtai v v. 13d: bohsontai v v. 14a: apodosis ind. fut. verb: Vv. 13b-14a are also connected by the theme of agriculture introduced in v. 13b-c: “just as when someone gleans an olive tree, so shall they glean them”. Vv. 13d-14a follow up on the same theme: “just as when the harvest ceases, these will cry aloud”. The connection between v. 14a with v. 13b-c indicates that the cause for the expression of cry in v. 14a is found in the stripping of a group of people referred to as aujtouv" “them” in v. 13c. The question arises as to the identity of the aujtouv" “them” in v. 13c. In LXX Isa 24, vv. 8-12 form a literary unit. In this unit, there are only two candidates that could be identified with the masc. plural aujtouv" of v. 13c. The first is the masc. plural oi\koi “houses” of v. 12b. However, oi\koi “houses” is not the best candidate as the subject of aujtouv" because the latter is described as “crying aloud” in v. 14a. Given that “houses” do not cry aloud, it is almost certain that “houses” is not the subject of aujtouv". The only second candidate is the masc. plural ajsebw'n “wicked ones” of v. 8b. They are described as being “ashamed” (hj/scuvqhsan in v. 9a) and are called to “wail” (ojloluvzete) in v. 11a. It has been correctly argued that the use of boavw in v. 14a is related to the concept of “wailing” in ojloluvzete of v. 11a (26). In view of this, the phrase ou{tw" kalamhvsontai aujtouv" “thus they will strip them” is about the stripping of the ajsebw'n “wicked ones” in v. 8b. Whereas v. 13 proclaims the stripping of the ajsebw'n “wicked ones”, v. 14a depicts them as “crying aloud”. Thus, the ou|toi “these” in v. 14a is best identified as the ajsebw'n “wicked ones” of v. 8b: they “cry aloud” because they were stripped like the stripping of an olive tree. The second aspect of v. 14 concerns the identity of the “ones left” of v. 14b. The latter must be identified as the “few men” of v. 6d for the same verb kataleivpw “to leave” is found in both places. Thus, v. 14b is an expression of praise by the “few men” (v. 6d) spared from judgment (27). (26) Cf. DAS NEVES, Isaías, 226. (27) Cf. DAS NEVES, Isaías, 226. About kataleivpw, this word is also found in v. 12a in connection with the feminine povlei" “cities”. As povlei" is a feminine noun, it can not be the subject of the masculine participle kataleifqevnte" in v. 14b.