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

He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.

The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.

Trust

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

Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment.

Put no trust in extortion; set no vain hopes on robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them.

Do not trust in these deceptive words: 'This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.'

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 plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. Selah

They conceive

transgressing, and denying the LORD, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil, and their womb prepares deceit."

he has prepared for him his deadly weapons, making his arrows fiery shafts.

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

General references

Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.

for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, 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;

The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all these things were so.