Isaiah 5:23

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Summary

Isaiah 5:23

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Justify

For reward

Take

General references

Deuteronomy 25:1

Isaiah 59:14

John 7:24

Bible References

Justify

'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah.

Whoso is saying to the wicked, 'Thou art righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.

Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

For reward

Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'

A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, 'Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

On the evil are both hands to do it well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

Take

To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, 'Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;

They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:

And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, 'I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.

General references

'When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,

judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'