Discovery BoxIsaiah 1:19 
Context1:19 If you have a willing attitude and obey, 1
then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
Isaiah 5:23
Context5:23 They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff,
they ignore the just cause of the innocent. 2
Isaiah 28:23
Context28:23 Pay attention and listen to my message! 3
Be attentive and listen to what I have to say! 4
1 tn Heb “listen”; KJV “obedient”; NASB “If you consent and obey.”
2 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).
3 tn Heb “to my voice.”
4 tn Heb “to my word”; cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV “hear my speech.”
