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Furthermore, the crimes of bad people are evil;
    and[a] they devise wicked schemes,
destroying the poor[b] with lying words,
    even when needy people plead[c] a just cause.
But those who are decent plan noble things,
    and by noble deeds they stand.”

A Rebuke for Complacent Women

“As for you ladies of leisure—
    Get up and listen to my voice!
You daughters who feel so complacent—
    hear what I have to say!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 32:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
  2. Isaiah 32:7 1QIsaa and MT use two different synonyms
  3. Isaiah 32:7 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; MT reads a needy one pleads