Isaiah 59:4-8
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No one makes claims justly;
no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.(A)
5 no one pleads honestly.
They trust in empty and worthless words;
they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.(A)
They hatch viper’s eggs
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
6 and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Their webs cannot become clothing,
and they cannot cover themselves with their works.
Their works are sinful works,
and violent acts are in their hands.
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8 and they cannot cover themselves with their works.
Their works are sinful works,
and violent acts are in their hands.
They have not known the path of peace,(E)
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.(F)
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made their roads crooked;
no one who walks on them will know peace.(F)
Cross references:
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Isaiah 59:8:
Luke 1:79