Yesaya 3:14
Konteks3:14 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 58:9
Konteks58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;
you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’
You must 6 remove the burdensome yoke from among you
and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
[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).
[58:9] 6 tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.