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Isaiah 5:23
New English Translation
Isaiah 5:23
New English Translation
23 They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff,
they ignore the just cause of the innocent.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:23 tn Heb “and the just cause of the innocent ones they turn aside from him.”sn In vv. 22-23 the prophet returns to themes with which he opened his speech. The accusatory elements of vv. 8, 11-12, 18-23 are arranged in a chiastic manner: (A) social injustice (8), (B) carousing (11-12a), (C) spiritual insensitivity (12b) // (C') spiritual insensitivity (18-21), (B') carousing (22), (A') social injustice (23).
Isaiah 5:23
English Standard Version
Isaiah 5:23
English Standard Version
23 who (A)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
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English Standard Version (ESV)
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