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A similar fate awaits those who use trickery to pervert justice and who tell lies to destroy the innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who make a man an offender by a word, And lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, And turn aside the just by empty words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And set a trap for the arbitrator at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Who cause a person to sin by a word, And ensnare him who reproves at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Those who cause a person to be condemned with a [false] word, And lay a trap for him who upholds justice at the [city] gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap at the gate for the mediator, and without cause deprive the righteous of justice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />together with everyone who tells lies in court and keeps innocent people from getting a fair trial. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />that make a man an offender in a cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />those who make people sin with words, those who lay traps for judges, those who, without any reason, deny justice to people who are in the right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God will destroy those who slander others, those who prevent the punishment of criminals, and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />those who make a person appear to be the offender in a lawsuit, who set a trap for someone who is making his defense in court, and push aside the innocent with specious arguments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of naught.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who cause men to sin in word, "" And lay a snare for a reprover in the gate, "" And turn aside the righteous into emptiness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Leading a man into sin by a word, and laying snares for him doing justice in the gate, and they will turn aside the just one by vanity.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For they caused men to sin by a word, and they supplanted him who argued against them at the gates, and they turned away from justice in vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />those who condemn with a mere word, Who ensnare the defender at the gate, and leave the just with an empty claim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit, who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate, and without grounds deny justice to the one in the right.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Those who cause men to sin by the word, and lay a snare for him that reproves, and turn aside the righteous into darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they who cause a person to sin by a word, and they lay a stumbling block for him who corrects, and they turn aside the righteous one into darkness<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />That make a man an offender by words, And lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, And turn aside the just with a thing of nought.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offence, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/29-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=6099" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/29.htm">Sanctification for the Godly</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down— <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ma·ḥă·ṭî·’ê (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">those who indict</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: bə·ḏā·ḇār (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">with a word,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6983.htm" title="6983: yə·qō·šūn (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- To lay bait or lure. A primitive root; to bend; used only as denominative for yaqosh, to set a trap.">who ensnare</a> <a href="/hebrew/3198.htm" title="3198: wə·lam·mō·w·ḵî·aḥ (Conj-w, Prep-l, Art:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To decide, adjudge, prove. A primitive root; to be right; reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict.">the mediator</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: baš·ša·‘ar (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">at the gate,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8414.htm" title="8414: ḇat·tō·hū (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- From an unused root meaning to lie waste; a desolation, i.e. Desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain.">and who with false charges</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662: ṣad·dîq (Adj-ms) -- Just, righteous. From tsadaq; just.">deprive the innocent</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: way·yaṭ·ṭū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">of justice.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-10.htm">Amos 5:10</a></span><br />There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1-2</a></span><br />Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. / They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-7.htm">Psalm 10:7-8</a></span><br />His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. / He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm">Proverbs 17:15</a></span><br />Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/19-28.htm">Proverbs 19:28</a></span><br />A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah 18:18</a></span><br />Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-10.htm">Jeremiah 20:10</a></span><br />For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-3.htm">Hosea 7:3</a></span><br />They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/94-20.htm">Psalm 94:20-21</a></span><br />Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree? / They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-69.htm">Psalm 119:69</a></span><br />Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36-37</a></span><br />But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. / For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34-35</a></span><br />Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. / And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-52.htm">Luke 11:52</a></span><br />Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/9-22.htm">John 9:22</a></span><br />His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-2.htm">John 16:2</a></span><br />They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.</p><p class="hdg">make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/12-6.htm">Judges 12:6</a></b></br> Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce <i>it</i> right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/22-15.htm">Matthew 22:15</a></b></br> Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in <i>his</i> talk.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/11-53.htm">Luke 11:53,54</a></b></br> And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge <i>him</i> vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: … </p><p class="hdg">and lay</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Jeremiah 18:18</a></b></br> Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah 20:7-10</a></b></br> O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/26-2.htm">Jeremiah 26:2-8</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: … </p><p class="hdg">and turn</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/28-21.htm">Proverbs 28:21</a></b></br> To have respect of persons <i>is</i> not good: for for a piece of bread <i>that</i> man will transgress.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/13-19.htm">Ezekiel 13:19</a></b></br> And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear <i>your</i> lies?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11,12</a></b></br> Forasmuch therefore as your treading <i>is</i> upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; 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In biblical times, the power of words was significant, as legal matters often relied on verbal testimony. The Ninth Commandment, "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (<a href="/exodus/20-16.htm">Exodus 20:16</a>), underscores the importance of truthfulness. The misuse of words for indictment reflects a broader theme of injustice and corruption, which is condemned throughout the Bible. Jesus, in the New Testament, emphasizes the power of words, warning that people will give account for every careless word they speak (<a href="/matthew/12-36.htm">Matthew 12:36</a>).<p><b>who ensnare the mediator at the gate</b><br>The "gate" was a central place in ancient cities where legal matters were discussed and judgments were made. Mediators or judges would sit at the gate to resolve disputes. Ensnaring the mediator suggests corrupt practices that undermine justice, possibly through bribery or deceit. This reflects a societal breakdown where those meant to uphold justice are themselves compromised. The prophet Amos also speaks against such corruption, calling for justice to "roll on like a river" (<a href="/amos/5-24.htm">Amos 5:24</a>). The gate as a place of judgment is seen in other scriptures, such as <a href="/ruth/4.htm">Ruth 4:1-11</a>, where Boaz negotiates at the city gate.<p><b>and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice</b><br>This phrase addresses the perversion of justice through false accusations, leading to the suffering of the innocent. The Bible consistently upholds justice as a divine attribute, with God described as a righteous judge (<a href="/psalms/9-8.htm">Psalm 9:8</a>). The prophets frequently denounce the leaders of Israel for failing to protect the innocent and for allowing injustice to prevail (<a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a>, <a href="/micah/3-9.htm">Micah 3:9-11</a>). In the New Testament, Jesus Himself is falsely accused and unjustly condemned, fulfilling the prophecy of the suffering servant in <a href="/isaiah/53.htm">Isaiah 53</a>. This serves as a type of Christ, who, though innocent, was deprived of justice for the sake of humanity's redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied during a time of great turmoil and change in Israel, calling the people back to faithfulness to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where Isaiah primarily ministered. It was the center of religious and political life in Judah and often the focus of Isaiah's prophecies.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_accusers.htm">The Accusers</a></b><br>Those who "indict a man with a word" and "ensnare the mediator at the gate." These individuals represent corrupt leaders or officials who misuse their power to oppress others.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_mediator.htm">The Mediator</a></b><br>Likely a reference to judges or leaders who were supposed to uphold justice at the city gates, which were traditional places of legal proceedings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_innocent.htm">The Innocent</a></b><br>Those who are wrongfully accused or deprived of justice, representing the victims of corruption and false testimony.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_justice.htm">The Importance of Justice</a></b><br>God values justice and righteousness, and He condemns those who pervert justice for personal gain. As believers, we are called to uphold justice in our communities and personal lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a></b><br>Words can be used to build up or tear down. We must be cautious not to use our words to harm others or bear false witness, as this is detestable to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_leadership.htm">Integrity in Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders, whether in the church or society, have a responsibility to act with integrity and fairness. Corruption and favoritism are contrary to God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/defending_the_innocent.htm">Defending the Innocent</a></b><br>Christians are called to stand up for those who are wrongfully accused or oppressed. We should be advocates for truth and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Reflect on our own actions and attitudes. Are we contributing to injustice, or are we actively working to promote fairness and truth?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/insights_on_day_27's_spiritual_growth.htm">What is the significance of Jesus' suffering and sacrifice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_graven_image.htm">What defines a graven image?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_christ_'becoming_sin'_fit_justice.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21 - How does Christ 'becoming sin' fit logically with the concept of personal responsibility and justice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_new_covenant_better_in_hebrews.htm">In Hebrews 8:6-7, how is the new covenant truly 'better,' and why would God establish an 'imperfect' first covenant in the first place?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">That make a man an offender for a word . . .</span>--The words indicate that Isaiah had been accused, as Jeremiah was afterwards (<a href="/jeremiah/37-13.htm" title="And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You fall away to the Chaldeans.">Jeremiah 37:13</a>), of being unpatriotic, because he had rebuked the sins of Israel and its rulers. Another interpretation gives, "that make men sinners in word," <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>suborn false witnesses against him. The former seems preferable, but the general drift of the passage is the same. The "snare" was laid for the "righteous man," precisely because he "reproved in the gate:" <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>preached in the open air in the places of public concourse, even in the presence of the rulers and judges as they sat there.<p><span class= "bld">Turn aside the just.</span>--The phrase is used in <a href="/exodus/23-6.htm" title="You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause.">Exodus 23:6</a>; <a href="/amos/5-12.htm" title="For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.">Amos 5:12</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm" title="And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, said the LORD of hosts.">Malachi 3:5</a>, for the deliberate perversion of justice.<p><span class= "bld">A thing of nought.</span>--The Hebrew word is once more the <span class= "ital">tohu </span>("without form") of <a href="/genesis/1-1.htm" title="In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.">Genesis 1:1</a>. The accusations brought against the prophet were, as we say, incoherent, absolutely <span class= "ital">chaotic </span>in their falsehood. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">That make a man an offender for a word.</span> The meaning of this clause is very doubtful. Kay translates, "That lead men into sin by words;" Mr. Cheyne, "That make out people to be sinners by their words," <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. by bearing false witness against them; while Delitzsch upholds the rendering of the Authorized Version. Mr. Vance Smith has other suggestions ('Prophecies,' p, 171). There seems to be, on the whole, no sufficient reason for setting aside the authorized rendering, which con-demus one form of oppression - the severe punishment of mere words. <span class="cmt_word">And lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate</span>. "The gate" was the place where judgment was given and public assemblies held. If any one boldly stood up and reproved the oppressors "in the gate," they instantly set to work to lay a trap for him and bring him to ruin. <span class="cmt_word">And turn aside the just for a thing of naught</span>; rather, <span class="accented">and deprive the just</span> [<span class="accented">of their right</span>] <span class="accented">by empty charges</span>. "Turning aside the just" means turning them <span class="accented">from their right</span> (<a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-6.htm">Exodus 23:6</a>); and <span class="accented">bat tohu</span> is not "<span class="accented">for</span> nothing" but "<span class="accented">by</span> nothing," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> by some vain empty pretence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/29-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">those who indict</span><br /><span class="heb">מַחֲטִיאֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(ma·ḥă·ṭî·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a man</span><br /><span class="heb">אָדָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ruddy, a human being</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with a word,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּדָבָ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏā·ḇār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who ensnare</span><br /><span class="heb">יְקֹשׁ֑וּן</span> <span class="translit">(yə·qō·šūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6983.htm">Strong's 6983: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay bait or lure</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mediator</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַמּוֹכִ֥יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lam·mō·w·ḵî·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3198.htm">Strong's 3198: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the gate,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשַּׁ֖עַר</span> <span class="translit">(baš·ša·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and with empty charges</span><br /><span class="heb">בַתֹּ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇat·tō·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8414.htm">Strong's 8414: </a> </span><span class="str2">A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deprive the righteous</span><br /><span class="heb">צַדִּֽיק׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣad·dîq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6662.htm">Strong's 6662: </a> </span><span class="str2">Just, righteous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of justice.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּטּ֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaṭ·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/29-21.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 29:21 Who cause a person to be indicted (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/29-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 29:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 29:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/29-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 29:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 29:22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>