Yesaya 29:21
Konteks29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person, 1
who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate 2
and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. 3
Yesaya 59:4
Konteks59:4 No one is concerned about justice; 4
no one sets forth his case truthfully.
They depend on false words 5 and tell lies;
they conceive of oppression 6
and give birth to sin.
[29:21] 1 tn Heb “the ones who make a man a sinner with a word.” The Hiphil of חָטָא (khata’) here has a delocutive sense: “declare a man sinful/guilty.”
[29:21] 2 sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.
[29:21] 3 tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”
[59:4] 4 tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”