Isaiah 32:7

32:7 A deceiver’s methods are evil; ¹ 

he dreams up evil plans ² 

to ruin the poor with lies,

even when the needy are in the right. ³ 

Isaiah 52:11

52:11 Leave! Leave! Get out of there!

Don’t touch anything unclean!

Get out of it!

Stay pure, you who carry the Lord’s holy items! ⁴ 

Isaiah 54:16

54:16 Look, I create the craftsman,

who fans the coals into a fire

and forges a weapon. ⁵ 

I create the destroyer so he might devastate.

[32:7]  ¹ tn Heb “as for a deceiver, his implements [or “weapons”] are evil.”

[32:7]  ² tn Or “he plans evil things”; NIV “he makes up evil schemes.”

[32:7]  ³ tn Heb “to ruin the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speak what is just.”

[52:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the vessels of the Lord” (so KJV, NAB).

[54:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “who brings out an implement for his work.”