52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; 1
it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. 2
[52:2] 1 tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”
[52:2] 2 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.
