23:22 But if they had stood in my inner circle, 1
they would have proclaimed my message to my people.
They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways
and stop doing the evil things they are doing.
1 tn Or “had been my confidant.” See the note on v. 18.
2 tn Or “But arise.”
3 tn Literally a passive construction, “it will be told to you.” This has been converted to another form of passive construction in the translation.