# to empty the earth

"to make the earth desolate" or "to destroy everything on the earth"

# It will come about that

This phrase marks an important event. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

# as with ... so with

What Yahweh will do is not stated here, but it is understood. This shows that God will treat all people the same way. AT: "as Yahweh scatters ... so he will scatter"(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# the priest ... the giver of interest

In 24:2 Isaiah lists several classes of people. They can be expressed as plural nouns as in the UDB. AT: "the priests ... those who give interest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-genericnoun]])

# the receiver of interest

"the one who owes money." The word "interest" means the extra money someone has to pay so that he may borrow money.

# the giver of interest

"the one who is owed money"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]