Add parallel Print Page Options

23 (A)Who [a]declare the wicked righteous for a bribe,
And (B)remove the [b]righteous standing of the ones who are [c]righteous!

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:23 Or justify the wicked for a bribe, cf. 53:11
  2. Isaiah 5:23 Or justification
  3. Isaiah 5:23 Or justified

So as (A)to turn the poor away from their cause
And rob the afflicted of My people of their justice,
So (B)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [a]orphans.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:2 Or fatherless

21 Who [a]cause a person to sin by a word,
And (A)ensnare him who reproves at the gate,
And [b](B)defraud the one in the right with [c]meaningless arguments.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He (A)counsels wicked schemes
To (B)wreak destruction on the afflicted with lying words,
(C)Even though the needy one speaks justly.

Read full chapter