Isaiah 10:1

10:1 Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, ¹ 

those who are always instituting unfair regulations, ² 

Isaiah 41:29

41:29 Look, all of them are nothing, ³ 

their accomplishments are nonexistent;

their metal images lack any real substance. ⁴ 

[10:1]  ¹ tn Heb “Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees.” On הוֹי (hoy, “woe, ah”) see the note on the first phrase of 1:4.

[10:1]  ² tn Heb “[to] the writers who write out harm.” The participle and verb are in the Piel, suggesting repetitive action.

[41:29]  ³ tc The Hebrew text has אָוֶן (’aven, “deception,” i.e., “false”), but the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has אין (“nothing”), which forms a better parallel with אֶפֶס (’efes, “nothing”) in the next line. See also 40:17 and 41:12.

[41:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “their statues are wind and nothing”; NASB “wind and emptiness”; NIV “wind and confusion.”