Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Bible References
He looked
Matthew 3:8
Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance;
Matthew 23:23
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and pass by the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: it behooves to do these and not to neglect those.
John 15:2
Every branch in me not producing fruit, He takes it away: and every one producing fruit, He purifies it, that it may produce more fruit.
1 Corinthians 6:8
But you inflict injustice, and defraud, and that your brethren.
1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you. The one doing righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
A cry
Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge His elect, crying to Him day and night, and He is long-suffering over them?
James 5:4
Behold, the wages of the laborers having reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out: and the voices of the reapers have come into the ears of the Lord of hosts.