translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET study note

text: This refers to their proud, arrogant demeanor.


text: This may refer to the prophet or to the Lord.


text: The vineyard is a metaphor for the nation here. See 5:1-7 .


text: The rhetorical question expresses the Lord’s outrage at what the leaders have done to the poor. He finds it almost unbelievable that they would have the audacity to treat his people in this manner.


text: The translation assumes that the direct quotation ends with v. 17 . The introductory formula “in that day” and the shift from a poetic to prosaic style indicate that a new speech unit begins in v. 18 .