Isaiah 5:23

New English Translation

²³They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff,
they ignore the just cause of the innocent.^[a]

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

New Century Version

²³They take money to set the guilty free
and don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.

²³Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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