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
Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance,
Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithes of the mint, and the dill, and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the Law, justice, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave those undone.
John 15:2
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he cleanseth, that it may bear more fruit.
1 Corinthians 6:8
But ye yourselves wrong, and defraud, and that too your brethren.
1 John 3:7
My children, let no one deceive you; he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
A cry
Luke 18:7
And will not God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he be slow to punish in their behalf?
James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, crieth out; and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.