Yesaya 24:22

24:22 They will be imprisoned in a pit, ¹ 

locked up in a prison,

and after staying there for a long time, ²  they will be punished. ³ 

Yesaya 24:2

24:2 Everyone will suffer – the priest as well as the people, ⁴ 

the master as well as the servant, ⁵ 

the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, ⁶ 

the seller as well as the buyer, ⁷ 

the borrower as well as the lender, ⁸ 

the creditor as well as the debtor. ⁹ 

1 Petrus 2:4

A Living Stone, a Chosen People

2:4 So as you come to him, ¹⁰  a living stone rejected by men but ¹¹  chosen and priceless ¹²  in God’s sight,

[24:22]  ¹ tn Heb “they will be gathered [in] a gathering [as] a prisoner in a cistern.” It is tempting to eliminate אֲסֵפָה (’asefah, “a gathering”) as dittographic or as a gloss, but sound repetition is one of the main characteristics of the style of this section of the chapter.

[24:22]  ² tn Heb “and after a multitude of days.”

[24:22]  ³ tn Heb “visited” (so KJV, ASV). This verse can mean to visit for good or for evil. The translation assumes the latter, based on v. 21a. However, BDB 823 s.v. פָּקַד B.Niph.2 suggests the meaning “visit graciously” here, in which case one might translate “they will be released.”

[24:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and it will be like the people, like the priest.”

[24:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “like the servant, like his master.”

[24:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “like the female servant, like her mistress.”

[24:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “like the buyer, like the seller.”

[24:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “like the lender, like the borrower.”

[24:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “like the creditor, just as the one to whom he lends.”

[2:4]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “to whom coming…you are built up…” as a continuation of the reference to the Lord in v. 3.

[2:4]  ¹¹ tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two phrases more than can be easily expressed in English.

[2:4]  ¹² tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”