Yesaya 1:22

1:22 Your ¹  silver has become scum, ² 

your beer is diluted with water. ³ 

Yesaya 10:1

10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, ⁴ 

those who are always instituting unfair regulations, ⁵ 

Yesaya 17:1

The Lord Will Judge Damascus

17:1 Here is a message about Damascus:

“Look, Damascus is no longer a city,

it is a heap of ruins!

Yesaya 57:12

57:12 I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, ⁶ 

but they will not help you.

[1:22]  ¹ tn The pronoun is feminine singular; personified Jerusalem (see v. 21) is addressed.

[1:22]  ² tn Or “dross.” The word refers to the scum or impurites floating on the top of melted metal.

[1:22]  ³ sn The metaphors of silver becoming impure and beer being watered down picture the moral and ethical degeneration that had occurred in Jerusalem.

[10:1]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.

[57:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “I, I will declare your righteousness and your deeds.”