‘judgment’ and for ‘righteousness’. These are just the ways in which, in this picture, the prophet Isaiah reminds us of the essential truth concerning human beings, our origin, our nature, what we are meant to be and how we are meant to live. The second general principle that Isaiah lays down is this: the utter unreasonableness of human behaviour and conduct. Here it is in this question: ‘And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.’ In other