Isaiah 24:21
ContextNETBible | At that time 1 the Lord will punish 2 the heavenly forces in the heavens 3 and the earthly kings on the earth. |
XREF | Ps 76:12; Ps 149:6-9; Isa 10:25-27; Isa 14:1,2; Isa 25:10-12; Isa 34:2-17; Eze 38:1-39:29; Joe 3:9-17,19; Hag 2:21,22; Zec 14:12-19; Re 6:14-17; Re 17:14; Re 18:9; Re 19:18-21 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Or “in that day” (so KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2. 2 tn Heb “visit [in judgment].” 3 tn Heb “the host of the height in the height.” The “host of the height/heaven” refers to the heavenly luminaries (stars and planets, see, among others, Deut 4:19; 17:3; 2 Kgs 17:16; 21:3, 5; 23:4-5; 2 Chr 33:3, 5) that populate the divine/heavenly assembly in mythological and prescientific Israelite thought (see Job 38:7; Isa 14:13). |