Isaiah 32:7
Context32:7 A deceiver’s methods are evil; 1
he dreams up evil plans 2
to ruin the poor with lies,
even when the needy are in the right. 3
Isaiah 59:8
Context59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;
their deeds are unjust. 4
They use deceitful methods,
and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. 5
1 tn Heb “as for a deceiver, his implements [or “weapons”] are evil.”
2 tn Or “he plans evil things”; NIV “he makes up evil schemes.”
3 tn Heb “to ruin the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speak what is just.”
4 tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”
5 tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”