Isaiah 29:21

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19 ^aThe humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
And ^bthe poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel.

20 For the¹ terrible one is brought to nothing,
^aThe scornful one is consumed,
And all who ^bwatch for iniquity are cut off—

21 Who make a man an offender by a word,
And ^alay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just ^bby empty words.

22 Therefore thus says the Lord, ^awho redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be ^bashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale;

23 But when he sees his children,
^aThe work of My hands, in his midst,
They will hallow My name,
And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,
And fear the God of Israel.

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Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 29:21

Him that reproveth in the gate "Him that pleaded in the gate" - "They are heard by the treasurer, master of the horse, and other principal officers of the regency of Algiers, who sit constantly in the gate of the palace for that purpose:" that is, the distribution of justice. - Shaw' s Travels, p. 315, fol. He adds in the note, "That we read of the elders in the gate. Deuteronomy 21:15; Deuteronomy 25:7; and, Isaiah 29:21; Amos 5:10, of him that reproveth and rebuketh in the gate. The Ottoman court likewise seems to have been called the Porte, from the distribution of justice and the dispatch of public business that is carried on in the gates of it."

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