▼ Heb “and the just cause of the innocent ones they turn aside from him.”

▼ 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).