Isa 9:16 | NET2full | STEP | The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed .

‏ Isaiah 9:16

16 The leaders of this nation were misleading people,
and the people being led were destroyed. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and the ones being led were swallowed up.” Instead of taking מְבֻלָּעִים (mebullaʿim) from בָּלַע (balaʿ, “to swallow”), HALOT 134 s.v. בלע proposes a rare homonymic root בלע (“confuse”) here.}