538 Wilson de Angelo Cunha (cf. v. 10). This same contrast between the eujsebhv" “godly” and the ajsebhv" “ungodly” is present in LXX Isa 24,14-16, which introduces the negative cry of the ajsebw'n (v. 8) in v. 14a and the proclamation of hope for the eujsebhv" “godly” in v. 16a (30). As it is clear from the discussion above, LXX Isa interpreted the phrase qydxl ybx in v. 16a not as a divine epithet but as a reference to the godly person. V. 16a proclaims “hope” for the “pious person”. This proclamation of hope contrasts with the announcement of doom for the “ungodly” which follows in v. 16b, as we will discuss below. c) The Function of the “I” Statement LXX Isa 24,16b-c reads as follows: kai; ejrou'sin oujai; toi'" ajqetou'sin oiJ ajqetou'nte" to;n novmon. NETS translated this phrase as “but those who reject the law will say, woe to those who reject!” (31). Although this translation has the advantage of taking the plural oiJ ajqetou'nte" “the ones who reject” as the subject of the plural verb ejrou'sin “they will say”, it also has one important disadvantage in that “the ones who reject the law” announce doom to the “ones who reject the law”. In our opinion, NETS’s footnote translation is to be preferred: “they will say: woe to those who reject - those who reject the law”. In this way, an unidentified “they” announces “doom” to the law breakers(32). The relationship between the LXX and the Hebrew is as follows. In v. 16c (LXX 16d), the interjection oujai is a translation of ywa. The words ylAyzr ylAyzr were not rendered (33). The phrase toi'" aqetousin (v. j ' 16d’) is a rendition of the l in MT’s previous clause together with μydgb in the present clause (34). So, the Greek oujai; toi'" ajqetou'sin is a re- (30) The singular eujsebhv" in Isa 24,16 must be taken in a collective sense, designating in general terms the “pious person”. This general use of the singular eujsebhv" is often attested in Sir 11,22; 12,2.4; 13,17; 16,13; 27,11; 33,14; 37,12; and also in PsSol 13,5. (31) Cf. A. PIETERSMA – B.G. WRIGHT (eds.), A New English Translation of the Septuagint and the Other Greek Translations Traditionally Included Under That Title (IOSCS; Oxford 2007) 842. (32) Cf. Septuaginta Deutsch’s translation — Septuaginta Deutsch. Das griechische Alte Testament in deutscher Übersetzung (eds. W. KRAUS – M. KARRER) (Stuttgart 2009) 1250: “Wehe denen, die untreu sind, die dem Gesetz untreu sind!” (italics theirs). (33) Cf. OTTLEY, Isaiah, II, 223. (34) Cf. DAS NEVES, Isaías, 229; M.H. GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN, The Hebrew University Bible. The Book of Isaiah. The Hebrew University Bible Project (ed. M.H. GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN) (Jerusalem 1995) ad loc.