7:14 See the one who is pregnant with wickedness,
who conceives destructive plans,
and gives birth to harmful lies – 1
52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; 2
it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. 3
55:11 Disaster is within it;
violence 4 and deceit do not depart from its public square.
1 tn Heb “and he conceives harm and gives birth to a lie.”
2 tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”
3 tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.
3 tn Or “injury, harm.”