A Brief Discussion of MT Isaiah 24,14-16 539 reading of MT v. 16b-c as μydgbl ywa (35). In this sense, the pronominal suffix in yl (v. 16c) and the verb wdgb (v. 16d) were not translated. In v. 16e, the present participle oiJ ajqetou'nte" renders the verbal adjective μydgwb (36). Finally the expression to;n novmon is a plus in the LXX (37), whereas the words dgbw/wdgb were not rendered. The importance of the expression “to reject the law” will be discussed below. In v. 16b-c, the use of the interjection oujai “woe” characterizes v. 16c as an announcement of judgment to a group of people labeled as toi" aqetousin oiJ aqetounte" ton nomon “to the rejecters — those who 'j ' j ' ; v reject the law”. The expression to;n nomon “the law” has no connection v with the Hebrew and it was introduced by the translator as a harmonization with LXX Isa 24,5, where the phrase parevbhsan to;n nomon “they broke the law” is found. The singular novmo" in 24,5 differs v from the plural trwt/twrwt “laws” in MT/1QIsaa respectively. The use of novmo" in 24,5.16 shows that the translator is concerned with the issue of breaking “the law” in LXX Isa 24 (cf. also the use of ajnomiva in v. 20). LXX 24,16c announces judgment against the “law rejecters:” who are they in LXX Isa 24? Viewed in the context of LXX Isa 24, the “law rejecters” are to be identified with the ajsebw'n of v. 8. This identification is confirmed by the synonymic use of ajsebh'" “ungodly” and a]nomo" “lawless” in LXX Isa (cf. Isa 13,11; 33,14; 55,7; compare also with 1 Macc 7,5). As such, whereas v. 16a proclaims “hope” for the eujsebhv", v. 16b-c announce judgment for the ajsebw'n. Graphically, v. 16 can be interpreted as follows: proclamation of hope for the eujsebhv" v. 16a: proclamation of judgment for the ajsebw'n v. 16b: To summarize this section, it is important to comment on how Isa 24,14-16 was read in the LXX. First, LXX identified the hmh of v. 14a as the “ungodly” of v. 8, whose cry in v. 14a has a negative tone: they cry out because of their punishment. Second, LXX divided v. 14 into two classes of people: the “ungodly” in v. 14a and the “ones who are left on (35) Cf. E.S. MULDER, Die teologie van die Jesaja-Apokalipse. Jesaja 24–27 (Groningen 1954) 15; das NEVES, Isaías, 229. LIEBMANN, “Jesaia 24–27”, 236, thought the LXX Vorlage had only the interjection ywa, which was linked to μydgbl, but this is highly improbable as 1QIsaa is in line with MT. (36) Against LIEBMANN, “Jesaia 24–27”, 237, who thought that the last three words of MT were lacking in the LXX. The plural present participle ajqetou'nte" indicates it renders the Hebrew plural participle μydgwb. (37) Cf. OTTLEY, Isaiah, II, 223.