Isaiah 28:4

28:4 The withering flower, its beautiful splendor,

situated at the head of a rich valley,

will be like an early fig before harvest –

as soon as someone notices it,

he grabs it and swallows it. 1 

Isaiah 36:6

36:6 Look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If someone leans on it for support, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him!

Isaiah 58:7

58:7 I want you 2  to share your food with the hungry

and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. 3 

When you see someone naked, clothe him!

Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! 4 

1 tn Heb “which the one seeing sees, while still it is in his hand he swallows it.”

2 tn Heb “Is it not?” The rhetorical question here expects a positive answer, “It is!”

3 tn Heb “and afflicted [ones], homeless [ones] you should bring [into] a house.” On the meaning of מְרוּדִים (mÿrudim, “homeless”) see HALOT 633 s.v. *מָרוּד.

4 tn Heb “and from your flesh do not hide yourself.”