44:24 “‘In a controversy they will act as judges; 4 they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe 5 my Sabbaths.
1 tn Heb “whose.”
2 tn The only other occurrence of the phrase “remote slopes of the pit” is in Isa 14:15.
3 tn Heb “there,” referring to the foreign nations to which they were exiled. The translation makes the referent clear.
5 sn For a historical illustration of the priest carrying out this function, see 2 Chr 19:9-11.
6 tn Heb “sanctify, set apart.”