Isaiah 29:21

19 The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

20 For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

22 Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.

23 For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
KJV
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.
WEB
who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
ASV
that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
DARBY
that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert [the judgment of] the righteous by futility.
BLB
those making guilty a man by a word and laying a snare for the one arguing in the gate and stretching aside in confusion the just one.
ÅB
de som gjør et menneske til synder for et ords skyld og legger snarer for den som hevder retten på tinget, og som ved løgn bøyer retten for den rettferdige.
OTB
de som gjør en mann til en forbryter ved et ord, og legger en snare for ham som irettesetter i porten, og med falskt vitnesbyrd vender de rettferdige bort.
B1930
de som gjør et menneske til synder for et ords skyld og legger snarer for den som hevder retten på tinget, og som ved løgn bøier retten for den rettferdige.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Amos 5:10–12

    There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

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  • James 5:6

    You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

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  • Acts 3:14

    You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.

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  • Jeremiah 26:2–8

    “This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all the cities of Judah who come to worship there. Do not omit a word.

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  • Luke 11:53–54

    As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

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  • Matthew 26:15

    and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.

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  • Jeremiah 18:18

    Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

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  • Judges 12:6

    they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

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