Isaiah 32:6

32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things;

his mind plans out sinful deeds.

He commits godless deeds

and says misleading things about the Lord;

he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite

and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

Isaiah 33:15

33:15 The one who lives uprightly

and speaks honestly;

the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures

and rejects a bribe;

the one who does not plot violent crimes

and does not seek to harm others 10 

Isaiah 45:19

45:19 I have not spoken in secret,

in some hidden place. 11 

I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,

‘Seek me in vain!’ 12 

I am the Lord,

the one who speaks honestly,

who makes reliable announcements. 13 


tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.

tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”

tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”

tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”

tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”

tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).

tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”

tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”

tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”

10 tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”

11 tn Heb “in a place of a land of darkness” (ASV similar); NASB “in some dark land.”

12 tn “In vain” translates תֹהוּ (tohu), used here as an adverbial accusative: “for nothing.”

13 tn The translation above assumes that צֶדֶק (tsedeq) and מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim) are adverbial accusatives (see 33:15). If they are taken as direct objects, indicating the content of what is spoken, one might translate, “who proclaims deliverance, who announces justice.”