21:2 I have received a distressing message: 1
“The deceiver deceives,
the destroyer destroys.
Attack, you Elamites!
Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all the groaning!” 2
32:7 A deceiver’s methods are evil; 3
he dreams up evil plans 4
to ruin the poor with lies,
even when the needy are in the right. 5
1 tn Heb “a severe revelation has been related to me.”
2 sn This is often interpreted to mean “all the groaning” that Babylon has caused others.
3 tn Heb “as for a deceiver, his implements [or “weapons”] are evil.”
4 tn Or “he plans evil things”; NIV “he makes up evil schemes.”
5 tn Heb “to ruin the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speak what is just.”