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Ivan Friesen explores how the interpretation of the book of Isaiah is carried out and lived out today in faith communities where the Bible is the bedrock of faith and life. Such an interpretation combines the concerns of pastoral care with the distress and uncertainty of prophetic action. The commentary groups the sixty-six chapters of Isaiah into six distinct but continuous parts. Each part may...

material capital exhibit a piety separated from justice and righteousness. The same interjection (hen) continues the accusation, giving additional detail to this bogus piety. It is not clear whether fasting in which quarreling and strife (NIV) occur is internecine (among the owners) or directed by the owners to the workers, creating and extending their suffering. In any case, God does not sanction such quarrelsome behavior. Three rhetorical questions [Literary
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