2:11 If a lying windbag should come and say, 1
‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ 2
he would be just the right preacher for these people! 3
3:9 Listen to this, you leaders of the family 4 of Jacob,
you rulers of the nation 5 of Israel!
You 6 hate justice
and pervert all that is right.
1 tn Heb “if a man, coming [as] wind and falsehood, should lie”; NASB “walking after wind and falsehood”; NIV “a liar and a deceiver.”
2 tn Heb “I will foam at the mouth concerning wine and beer.”
3 tn Heb “he would be the foamer at the mouth for this people.”
4 tn Heb “house.”
5 tn Heb “house.”
6 tn Heb “who.” A new sentence was begun here in the translation for stylistic reasons (also at the beginning of v. 10).