21 Who [a]cause a person to be indicted by a word,
And (A)set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate,
And [b](B)defraud the one in the right with [c]meaningless arguments.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 29:21 Lit bring a person under condemnation
  2. Isaiah 29:21 Lit turn aside
  3. Isaiah 29:21 Lit confusion

21 those who with a word make someone out to be guilty,
    who ensnare the defender in court(A)
    and with false testimony(B) deprive the innocent of justice.(C)

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10 Who say to the (A)seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not (B)prophesy the truth to us.
(C)Speak to us [a]pleasant words,
Prophesy illusions.

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  1. Isaiah 30:10 Lit smooth things

10 They say to the seers,(A)
    “See no more visions(B)!”
and to the prophets,
    “Give us no more visions of what is right!
Tell us pleasant things,(C)
    prophesy illusions.(D)

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Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be (A)in ruins, without inhabitant’?” And (B)all the people gathered to Jeremiah at the house of the Lord.

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Why do you prophesy in the Lord’s name that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted?”(A) And all the people crowded(B) around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

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because Zedekiah king of Judah had (A)imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you (B)prophesy, saying, ‘(C)This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am going to (D)hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

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Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, “Why do you prophesy(A) as you do? You say, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will capture(B) it.

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