A Brief Discussion of MT Isaiah 24,14-16 543 proclamation of judgment against the “ones who act faithlessly” mentioned in v. 16c and following. In this sense, v. 16 presents two contrastive messages: first, the proclamation of hope for the righteous in v. 16a and the proclamation of doom for the “ones acting faithlessly” in v. 16b-18. In sum, MT Isa 24,14-16 can be read as follows: vv. 14-15: Praise by the “ones spared from judgment” v. 16a: Proclamation of salvation to the “righteous” v. 16b: Proclamation of doom to the “ones acting faithlessly” * ** This contribution discussed three main problems in MT Isa 24,14- 16: first, the identification of hmh in v. 14a; second, the interpretation of the phrase qydxl ybx in v. 16a; and, third, the function of the “I” statement in v. 16b. By studying how LXX Isa resolved these issues, this paper has proposed the following aspects as a solution to those three main problems: first, the hmh in v. 14a should be identified with the “ones who were spared from judgment”. This group is present in the imagery of the “gleanings” in v. 13 and in the phrase “a few will be left” in v. 6; second, the phrase qydxl ybx in v. 16a should be taken not as a divine title but as the proclamation of salvation to the righteous person; support for this interpretation was found in the use of the same expression qydxl in Isa 26,7, where it clearly denotes a “righteous person”. Finally, we have argued that the “I” statement in v. 16b does not function as a “counter-assertion” to the praise in vv. 14-15; it, rather, functions as an announcement of doom to the faithless mentioned in the last part of v. 16 and in the following verses. As such, this paper has argued that there is no need to interpret vv. 14-16 in light of a “prophetic disputation pattern” genre. In this way, the study of the reception of Isa 24,14-16 in LXX Isa provided insights and confirmed our interpretation of three main problems in Isa 24,14-16. Leiden Universiteit Wilson de Angelo CUNHA Matthias de Vrieshof 1 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands