Yesaya 30:9

30:9 For these are rebellious people –

they are lying children,

children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law. ¹ 

Yesaya 59:3-4

59:3 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; ² 

no one sets forth his case truthfully.

They depend on false words ³  and tell lies;

they conceive of oppression ⁴ 

and give birth to sin.

[30:9]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “instruction” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); NCV, TEV “teachings.”

[59:4]  ² tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”

[59:4]  ³ tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”

[59:4]  ⁴ tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”