Isaiah 3:2

3:2 the mighty men and warriors,

judges and prophets,

omen readers and leaders, ¹ 

Isaiah 9:15

9:15 The leaders and the highly respected people ²  are the head,

the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

Isaiah 28:7

28:7 Even these men ³  stagger because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer –

priests and prophets stagger because of beer,

they are confused ⁴  because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer;

they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, ⁵ 

they totter while making legal decisions. ⁶ 

[3:2]  ¹ tn Heb “elder” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); NCV “older leaders.”

[9:15]  ² tn Heb “the elder and the one lifted up with respect to the face.” For another example of the Hebrew idiom, see 2 Kgs 5:1.

[28:7]  ³ tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.

[28:7]  ⁴ tn According to HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע, the verb form is derived from בָּלַע (bala’, “confuse”), not the more common בָּלַע (“swallow”). See earlier notes at 3:12 and 9:16.

[28:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the seeing.”

[28:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”