24:12 The city is left in ruins; 1
the gate is reduced to rubble. 2
24:13 This is what will happen throughout 3 the earth,
among the nations.
It will be like when they beat an olive tree,
and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest. 4
1 tn Heb “and there is left in the city desolation.”
2 tn Heb “and [into] rubble the gate is crushed.”
3 tn Heb “in the midst of” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).
4 sn The judgment will severely reduce the earth’s population. See v. 6.