Yesaya 10:1-2
Konteks10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, 1
those who are always instituting unfair regulations, 2
10:2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment,
and to deprive 3 the oppressed among my people of justice,
so they can steal what widows own,
and loot what belongs to orphans. 4
Yesaya 59:3-9
Konteks59:3 For your hands are stained with blood
and your fingers with sin;
your lips speak lies,
your tongue utters malicious words.
59:4 No one is concerned about justice; 5
no one sets forth his case truthfully.
They depend on false words 6 and tell lies;
they conceive of oppression 7
and give birth to sin.
59:5 They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake
and spin a spider’s web.
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
a poisonous snake is hatched. 8
59:6 Their webs cannot be used for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are sinful;
they commit violent crimes. 9
59:7 They are eager to do evil, 10
quick to shed innocent blood. 11
Their thoughts are sinful;
they crush and destroy. 12
59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;
their deeds are unjust. 13
They use deceitful methods,
and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. 14
59:9 For this reason deliverance 15 is far from us 16
and salvation does not reach us.
We wait for light, 17 but see only darkness; 18
we wait for 19 a bright light, 20 but live 21 in deep darkness. 22
[10:1] 1 tn Heb “Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.
[10:1] 2 tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.
[10:2] 3 tn Or “rob” (ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV); KJV “take away the right from the poor.”
[10:2] 4 tn Heb “so that widows are their plunder, and they can loot orphans.”
[10:2] sn On the socio-economic background of vv. 1-2, see the note at 1:23.
[59:4] 5 tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”
[59:4] 6 tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”
[59:4] 7 tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”
[59:5] 8 tn Heb “that which is pressed in hatches [as] a snake.”
[59:6] 9 tn Heb “their deeds are deeds of sin, and the work of violence [is] in their hands.”
[59:7] 10 tn Heb “their feet run to evil.”
[59:7] 11 tn Heb “they quickly pour out innocent blood.”
[59:7] 12 tn Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”
[59:8] 13 tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”
[59:8] 14 tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”
[59:9] 15 tn מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat), which refers to “justice” in the earlier verses, here refers to “justice from God,” or “vindication.” Because the people are unjust, God refuses to vindicate them before their enemies. See v. 11.
[59:9] 16 sn The prophet speaks on behalf of the sinful nation and confesses its sins.
[59:9] 17 sn Light here symbolizes prosperity and blessing.
[59:9] 18 tn Heb “but, look, darkness”; NIV “but all is darkness.”
[59:9] 19 tn The words “we wait for” are supplied in the translation; the verb is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
[59:9] 20 tn The plural noun form may indicate degree here.
[59:9] 21 tn Or “walk about”; NCV “all we have is darkness.”
