Isaiah 29:21

Who bring a man into condemnation with a rumour, And for him that decideth in the gate, lay a snare,—And have driven away, for a thing of nought, one who was righteous.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

In Context

20For the tyrant, hath vanished, And the scoffer, is no more, Yea cut off are all who watch for iniquity:—

22Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the house of Jacob, [even he saith it] who redeemed Abraham,—Not now, shall, Jacob turn pale, And, not now, shall their faces whiten;

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Cross References

Proverbs 28:21To take note of faces [in judgment], is not good, and, for a bit of bread, a man will transgress.

Isaiah 5:23Who justify the lawless, for a bribe,—Whereas the righteousness of the righteous, they take from him.

Jeremiah 18:18Then said they,—Come ye and let us devise against Jeremiah devices, For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor, counsel, from the wise, Nor, the word from the prophet: Come and let as smite him with the tongue, And let us not give ear to any of his words!

Jeremiah 26:2Thus, saith Yahweh,—Stand thou in the court of the house of Yahweh, and speak unto all the cities of Judah who are entering in to bow down in the house of Yahweh, all the words which I have commanded thee to speak unto them,—do not thou keep back a word:

Amos 5:10They hate the man who, in the gate, rebuketh,—and, him who speaketh truthfully, they abhor.

Micah 2:6Do not sputter—So they sputter! They must not sputter as to these things, Must he not put away reproaches?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:18-24

Promises to Israel; Character of Persecutors; Promises of Jacob. ( b. c. 725.) 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 20 For the terrible one is brought to… Read the whole commentary →

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