Isaiah 29:21

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 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.”
2. Isaiah 29:21 sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.
3. Isaiah 29:21 tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”