Yesaya 29:21

29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person, ¹ 

who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate ² 

and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. ³ 

Yesaya 30:9-11

30:9 For these are rebellious people –

they are lying children,

children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law. ⁴ 

30:10 They ⁵  say to the visionaries, “See no more visions!”

and to the seers, “Don’t relate messages to us about what is right! ⁶ 

Tell us nice things,

relate deceptive messages. ⁷ 

30:11 Turn aside from the way,

stray off the path. ⁸ 

Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.” ⁹ 

[29:21]  ¹ tn Heb “the ones who make a man a sinner with a word.” The Hiphil of חָטָא (khata’) here has a delocutive sense: “declare a man sinful/guilty.”

[29:21]  ² sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.

[29:21]  ³ tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”

[30:9]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “instruction” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); NCV, TEV “teachings.”

[30:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “who” (so NASB, NRSV). A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “Do not see for us right things.”

[30:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “Tell us smooth things, see deceptive things.”

[30:11]  ⁸ sn The imagery refers to the way or path of truth, as revealed by God to the prophet.

[30:11]  ⁹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.