Isaiah 59:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Calleth

Trust

And speak

Isaiah 59:3

Psalm 62:4

They conceive

General references

Acts 24:9

Bible References

Calleth

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor. Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him. And his righteousness, it upheld him.

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places if it, if ye can find a man, if there is any who does justly, who seeks truth, and I will pardon her.

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery. Yea, they have vexed the poor and needy man, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.

The devout man has perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lay in wait for blood. They hunt every man his brother with a net.

Trust

Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on it,

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery. If riches increase, set not your heart [on it].

Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of LORD, the temple of LORD, the temple of LORD, are these.

And speak

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies. Your tongue mutters wickedness.

They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

They conceive

transgressing and denying LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.

He has also prepared for him the instruments of death. He makes his arrows fiery.

For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Then the lust having conceived, it gives birth to sin, and after being complete the sin brings forth death.

General references

Behold [the wicked man], he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off. For truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

And he said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city,

And the Jews also agreed, claiming to have these things this way.