OET interlinear ISA 5:24

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) tongue of fire

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence as,devours stubble tongue_of fire and,dry_grass flame sinks_down root_of,their like_the,rotten will_belong and,blossom_of,their like_the,dust it_will_ascend that/for/because/then/when rejected DOM instruction_of YHWH armies/messengers and=DOM word_of holy_of Yisrael despised )

Alternate translation: “flame of fire” or “flame”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence as,devours stubble tongue_of fire and,dry_grass flame sinks_down root_of,their like_the,rotten will_belong and,blossom_of,their like_the,dust it_will_ascend that/for/because/then/when rejected DOM instruction_of YHWH armies/messengers and=DOM word_of holy_of Yisrael despised )

These phrases mean basically the same thing. God will punish the people described in [Isaiah 5:18–23](./18.md). Alternate translation: “as a fire burns up stubble and grass” (See also: figs-simile)

(Occurrence 0) stubble

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence as,devours stubble tongue_of fire and,dry_grass flame sinks_down root_of,their like_the,rotten will_belong and,blossom_of,their like_the,dust it_will_ascend that/for/because/then/when rejected DOM instruction_of YHWH armies/messengers and=DOM word_of holy_of Yisrael despised )

The dry pieces of plants that are left in the ground after the stalks have been cut.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence as,devours stubble tongue_of fire and,dry_grass flame sinks_down root_of,their like_the,rotten will_belong and,blossom_of,their like_the,dust it_will_ascend that/for/because/then/when rejected DOM instruction_of YHWH armies/messengers and=DOM word_of holy_of Yisrael despised )

Isaiah speaks of these people as if they were a dying plant. Alternate translation: “they will die like a plant whose roots have rotted and whose blossom has dried up and blown away in the wind”