Discovery BoxIsaiah 11:7 
Context11:7 A cow and a bear will graze together,
their young will lie down together. 1
A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.
Isaiah 29:21
Context29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person, 2
who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate 3
and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. 4
1 tn Heb “and a cow and a bear will graze – together – they will lie down, their young.” This is a case of pivot pattern; יַחְדָּו (yakhddav, “together”) goes with both the preceding and following statements.
2 tn Heb “the ones who make a man a sinner with a word.” The Hiphil of חָטָא (khata’) here has a delocutive sense: “declare a man sinful/guilty.”
3 sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.
4 tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”
