John Calvin Commentary Isaiah 5:3

"And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard." — Isaiah 5:3 (ASV)

Now, therefore, O inhabitant of Jerusalem! Those persons with whom he contends are made judges in their own cause, as is usually done in cases so plain and undoubted that the opposing party has no means of evasion. It is, therefore, a proof of the strongest confidence in his cause, when he calls upon the guilty persons themselves to declare if this is not the truth of the matter; for immediately afterwards, we will find him declaring that the accusation is decided against those very persons to whom he now entrusts the decision.