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Isaiah 29

Isa. 29:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That make a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
an offender
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
for a word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
, and layo a snare
qowsh (Hebrew #6983)
to bend; used only as denominative for 3369, to set a trap
KJV usage: lay a snare.
Pronounce: koshe
Origin: a primitive root
for him that reproveth
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
in the gate
sha`ar (Hebrew #8179)
an opening, i.e. door or gate
KJV usage: city, door, gate, port (X -er).
Pronounce: shah'-ar
Origin: from 8176 in its original sense
, and turn aside
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
the just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
for a thing of nought
tohuw (Hebrew #8414)
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Pronounce: to'-hoo
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lie waste
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Amos 5:10,12• 10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
 12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. (Amos 5:10,12)

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Judg. 12:6• 6{i}Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce it rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.{/i} (Judg. 12:6)
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Matt. 22:15• 15{i}Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.{/i} (Matt. 22:15)
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Luke 11:53‑54• 53And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to make him speak of many things;
 54watching him [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth [that they might accuse him]. (Luke 11:53‑54)
and lay.
Jer. 18:18• 18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. (Jer. 18:18)
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Jer. 20:7‑10• 7{i}Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me.{/i}
 8{i}For as oft as I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and spoil; for the word of Jehovah is become unto me a reproach and a derision all the day.{/i}
 9{i}And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not.{/i}
 10{i}For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.{/i} (Jer. 20:7‑10)
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Jer. 26:2‑8• 2Thus saith Jehovah; Stand in the court of Jehovah's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Jehovah's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
 3if so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
 4Thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
 5to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
 6then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
 7So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Jehovah.
 8Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. (Jer. 26:2‑8)
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Amos 5:10‑12• 10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
 11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
 12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. (Amos 5:10‑12)
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Amos 7:10‑17• 10Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
 11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
 12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
 13but prophesy not again anymore at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
 14{i}And Amos answered and said to Amaziah,{/i} I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit.
 15{i}And Jehovah took me as I followed the flock, and Jehovah said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.{/i}
 16Now therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
 17Therefore thus saith Jehovah: thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. (Amos 7:10‑17)
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Mic. 2:6‑7• 6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
 7O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? (Mic. 2:6‑7)
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Prov. 28:21• 21{i}To have respect of persons is not good;{HR}But for a piece of bread will a man transgress.{/i} (Prov. 28:21)
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Ezek. 13:19• 19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? (Ezek. 13:19)
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Amos 5:11‑12• 11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
 12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. (Amos 5:11‑12)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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Matt. 26:15• 15{i}and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver.{/i} (Matt. 26:15)
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Acts 3:14• 14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you; (Acts 3:14)
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James 5:6• 6Ye condemned, ye slew the just one; he doth not resist you. (James 5:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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 futilityd.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "for nought."

W. Kelly Translation

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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 nought.