21 Heb “with strength of hand and he warned me from walking in the way of these people, saying.” Some want to change the pointing of the suffix and thereby emend the Qal imperfect יִסְּרֵנִי (yisséreni, “he was warning me”) to the more common Piel perfect יִסְּרַנִי (yissérani, “he warned me”). Others follow the lead of the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa and read יְסִירֵנִי (yésireni, “he was turning me aside,” a Hiphil imperfect from סוּר, sur).

In other versions

For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people:

For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:

The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,

For Yahweh said this to me while his hand weighed heavily on me,

and he warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand,

And instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

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