A Brief Discussion of MT Isaiah 24,14-16 537 In contrast with the negative “cry” of the ajsebw'n “wicked ones” of v. 14a, the people who are spared from judgment are described as “rejoicing” in the salvation (th/' dovxh/ kurivou) of the Lord in v. 14b (28). The concept dovxa is important in LXX Isa 24,14-16 as it appears again in v. 15a (for wdbk) and in v. 15b as e[ndoxon without any connection with the Hebrew Vorlage. Thus, LXX emphasizes in vv. 14b-15b the theme of salvation for the few men of v. 6d who were spared from the judgment. b) qydxl ybx as the “godly person” The phrase ejlpi;" tw/' eujsebei' (v. 16a) is connected to the Hebrew qydxl ybx. The word ybx in Hebrew Isa means either a “gazelle” (Isa 13,14) or “beauty, glory” (Isa 28,4.5). In Isa 24,16, ybx is best translated as “glory”. The LXX translator, however, read ybx in light of Aramaic wbx “will, desire; willingness” (29) and translated it with ejlpiv" “hope” (cf. also LXX Isa 28,4.5). The use of ejlpiv" in 24,16a contrasts with dorkavdion “gazelle” in 13,14 and possibly dovxa in 28,1. The example from Isa 13,14; 28,1 shows that the translator knew the meaning of ybc as “gazelle” or “glory”. As such, the use of ejlpiv" in 24,16a is significant. The word eujsebhv" “pious; religious” renders qydx “just, righteous” in Isa 24,16a. ΔEusebhv" appears only three more times in LXX Isa. Like 24,16a, eujsebhv" appears twice in 26,7 as a rendition of qydx, whereas in 32,8 it translates the Hebrew bydn “noble”. The use of eujsebhv" in Isa 26,7 is important for understanding Isa 24,16. In 26,7, the phrase “the way of the godly (eujsebhv")” is in sharp contrast with the “ungodly” (ajsebhv") in v. 10: whereas the way of the “godly” is right (vv. 7-8), the ungodly will not learn “righteousness” and “truth” (28) For the concept of dovxa as “salvation” in LXX Isa, cf. L.H. BROCKINGTON, “The Greek Translator of Isaiah and His Interest in DOXA”, VT 1 (1951) 32, 36. (29) Cf. BROCKINGTON, “DOXA”, 29. W. RUDOLPH, Jesaja 24-27 (BWA[N]T 62; Stuttgart 1933) 12, proposed that the translator read ybx in light of Hebrew hbx “to want, to wish” — cf. L. KOEHLER – W. BAUMGARTNER (eds.), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Leiden 1994) III, 997. From now on HALOT. A third proposal was advanced by R.R. OTTLEY, The Book of Isaiah according to the LXX. Text and Notes (Cambridge 1906) II, 223, who suggested the translator read ybx in light of hpx meaning in the pi‘el “to hope for (cf. HALOT, III, 1044). J. FISCHER, In welcher Schrift lag das Buch Isaiah den LXX vor? Eine Textkritische Studie (BZAW 56; Giessen 1930) 40, made a similar suggestion to Ottley.