Isaiah 29:21

those who bear false testimony against a person, ¹  who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate ²  and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. ³ 

Jud 12:6; Pr 28:21; Jer 18:18; Jer 20:7-10; Jer 26:2-8; Eze 13:19; Am 5:10-12; Am 5:11,12; Am 7:10-17; Mic 2:6,7; Mal 3:5; Mt 22:15; Mt 26:15; Lu 11:53,54; Ac 3:14; Jas 5:6

¹ 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.”

² sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.

³ tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”