Yesaya 3:14

3:14 The Lord comes to pronounce judgment

on the leaders of his people and their officials.

He says, ¹  “It is you ²  who have ruined ³  the vineyard! ⁴ 

You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor. ⁵ 

Yesaya 32:6

32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; ⁶ 

his mind plans out sinful deeds. ⁷ 

He commits godless deeds ⁸ 

and says misleading things about the Lord;

he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite ⁹ 

and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. ¹⁰ 

Yesaya 33:15

33:15 The one who lives ¹¹  uprightly ¹² 

and speaks honestly;

the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures

and rejects a bribe; ¹³ 

the one who does not plot violent crimes ¹⁴ 

and does not seek to harm others ¹⁵  –

[3:14]  ¹ tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:14]  ² tn The pronominal element is masculine plural; the leaders are addressed.

[3:14]  ³ tn The verb בָּעַר (ba’ar, “graze, ruin”; HALOT 146 s.v. II בער) is a homonym of the more common בָּעַר (ba’ar, “burn”; see HALOT 145 s.v. I בער).

[3:14]  ⁴ sn The vineyard is a metaphor for the nation here. See 5:1-7.

[3:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “the plunder of the poor [is] in your houses” (so NASB).

[32:6]  ⁶ tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.

[32:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”

[32:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”

[32:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”

[32:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”

[33:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).

[33:15]  ¹² tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”

[33:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”

[33:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”

[33:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”