57:17 I was angry because of their sinful greed;
I attacked them and angrily rejected them, 1
yet they remained disobedient and stubborn. 2
56:11 The dogs have big appetites;
they are never full. 3
They are shepherds who have no understanding;
they all go their own way,
each one looking for monetary gain. 4
33:15 The one who lives 5 uprightly 6
and speaks honestly;
the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures
and rejects a bribe; 7
the one who does not plot violent crimes 8
and does not seek to harm others 9 –
1 tn Heb “and I struck him, hiding, and I was angry.” פָּנַיִם (panayim, “face”) is the implied object of “hiding.”
2 tn Heb “and he walked [as an] apostate in the way of his heart.”
3 sn The phrase never full alludes to the greed of the leaders.
4 tn Heb “for his gain from his end.”
5 tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).
6 tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”
7 tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”
8 tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”
9 tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”