Isaiah 9:16

New English Translation

¹⁶The leaders of this nation were misleading people,
and the people being led were destroyed.^[a]

Isaiah 9:16 tn Heb “and the ones being led were swallowed up.” Instead of taking מְבֻלָּעִים (m^ebullaʿim) from בָּלַע (balaʿ, “to swallow”), HALOT 134 s.v. בלע proposes a rare homonymic root בלע (“confuse”) here.

Isaiah 9:16

New International Version

¹⁶Those who guide^(A) this people mislead them,
and those who are guided are led astray.^(B)

¹⁶For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

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