Isaiah 57:17

57:17 I was angry because of their sinful greed;

I attacked them and angrily rejected them, ¹ 

yet they remained disobedient and stubborn. ² 

Isaiah 56:11

56:11 The dogs have big appetites;

they are never full. ³ 

They are shepherds who have no understanding;

they all go their own way,

each one looking for monetary gain. ⁴ 

Isaiah 33:15

33:15 The one who lives ⁵  uprightly ⁶ 

and speaks honestly;

the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures

and rejects a bribe; ⁷ 

the one who does not plot violent crimes ⁸ 

and does not seek to harm others ⁹  –

[57:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and I struck him, hiding, and I was angry.” פָּנַיִם (panayim, “face”) is the implied object of “hiding.”

[57:17]  ² tn Heb “and he walked [as an] apostate in the way of his heart.”

[56:11]  ³ sn The phrase never full alludes to the greed of the leaders.

[56:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “for his gain from his end.”

[33:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).

[33:15]  ⁶ tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”

[33:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”

[33:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”

[33:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”