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Isaiah 29:19-21
New English Translation
Isaiah 29:19-21
New English Translation
19 The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord;
the poor among humankind will take delight[a] in the Holy One of Israel.[b]
20 For tyrants will disappear,
those who taunt will vanish,
and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated[c]—
21 those who bear false testimony against a person,[d]
who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate[e]
and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.[f]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:19 tn Or “will rejoice” (NIV, NCV, NLT).
- Isaiah 29:19 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
- Isaiah 29:20 tn Heb “and all the watchers of wrong will be cut off.”
- Isaiah 29:21 tn Heb “the ones who make a man a sinner with a word.” The Hiphil of חָטָא (khataʾ) here has a delocutive sense: “declare a man sinful/guilty.”
- Isaiah 29:21 sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.
- Isaiah 29:21 tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”
Isaiah 29:19-21
New International Version
Isaiah 29:19-21
New International Version
19 Once more the humble(A) will rejoice in the Lord;
the needy(B) will rejoice in the Holy One(C) of Israel.
20 The ruthless(D) will vanish,(E)
the mockers(F) will disappear,
and all who have an eye for evil(G) will be cut down—
21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
who ensnare the defender in court(H)
and with false testimony(I) deprive the innocent of justice.(J)
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