Isaiah 29:22

"who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Therefore -In consequence of the happy change which shall take place in the nation when the oppressor shall be removedIsaiah 29:20-21, and when the poor and the meek shall rejoiceIsaiah 29:19, and the ignorant shall be instructedIsaiah 29:18, Jacob shall not be ashamed of his descendants as he was before, nor have cause to blush in regard to his posterity. Who redeemed Abraham -That is, who brought him out of a land of idolaters, and rescued him from the abominations of idolatry. The word ‘redeem,’ here (פדהpâdâh), properly denotes “to ransom, that is, to redeem a captive, or a prisoner with a price paidExodus 13:13;Exodus 34:20.

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