KJVThat make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
that make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.
that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert [the judgment of] the righteous by futility.
Isaiah — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. This appears to be another discourse, in which Isaiah threatens the city of Jerusalem. He calls it "Altar," because the chief defense of the city was in the "Altar;" for although the citizens relied on other bulwarks, of which they had great abundance, still they placed more reliance on…