31:3 The Egyptians are mere humans, not God;
their horses are made of flesh, not spirit.
The Lord will strike with 1 his hand;
the one who helps will stumble
and the one being helped will fall.
Together they will perish. 2
58:7 I want you 3 to share your food with the hungry
and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. 4
When you see someone naked, clothe him!
Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! 5
1 tn Heb “will extend”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV “stretch out.”
2 tn Heb “together all of them will come to an end.”
3 tn Heb “Is it not?” The rhetorical question here expects a positive answer, “It is!”
4 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.
5 tn Heb “and from your flesh do not hide yourself.”