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Isaiah 3:6-8
New English Translation
Isaiah 3:6-8
New English Translation
6 Indeed, a man will grab his brother
right in his father’s house[a] and say,[b]
‘You own a coat—
you be our leader!
This heap of ruins will be under your control.’[c]
7 At that time[d] the brother will shout,[e]
‘I am no doctor,[f]
I have no food or coat in my house;
don’t make me a leader of the people!’”
8 Jerusalem certainly stumbles,
Judah falls,
for their words and their actions offend the Lord;[g]
they rebel against his royal authority.[h]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 3:6 tn Heb “[in] the house of his father” (so ASV); NIV “at his father’s home.”
- Isaiah 3:6 tn The words “and say” are supplied for stylistic reasons.
- Isaiah 3:6 tn Heb “your hand”; NASB “under your charge.”sn The man’s motives are selfish. He tells his brother to assume leadership because he thinks he has some wealth to give away.
- Isaiah 3:7 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
- Isaiah 3:7 tn Heb “he will lift up [his voice].”
- Isaiah 3:7 tn Heb “wrapper [of wounds]”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “healer.”
- Isaiah 3:8 tn Heb “for their tongue and their deeds [are] to the Lord.”
- Isaiah 3:8 tn Heb “to rebel [against] the eyes of his majesty.” The word כָּבוֹד (kavod) frequently refers to the Lord’s royal splendor that is an outward manifestation of his authority as king.
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