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 also, that there was no man which had pity thereof, or was grieved at it. And he held him by his own power, and cleaved to his own righteousness.

Look through Jerusalem, behold and see. Seek through her streets also within, if ye can find one man, that doth equal and right, or that laboureth to be faithful: and I shall spare him, sayeth the LORD.

The people in the land useth wicked extortion and robbery. They vex the poor and needy and oppress the stranger against right.

There is not a godly man upon earth, there is not one righteous among men. They labour all to shed blood, and every man hunteth his brother to death:

Trust

Therefore, thus sayeth the holy one of Israel, "Insomuch as ye have cast off your beauty, and comforted yourselves with power and nimbleness, and put your confidence therein:

He will never apply himself to faithfulness and truth, so sore is he deceived with vanity.

O trust not in wrong or robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

Trust not in false lying words, saying, 'Here is the temple of the LORD, here is the temple of the LORD, here is the temple of the LORD.'

And speak

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with unrighteousness; Your lips speak lies, and your tongue setteth out wickedness.

Their device is only how to put him out, whom God will exalt; their delight is in lies. They give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. Selah.

They conceive

Namely transgress and dissemble against the LORD, and fall away from our God: using presumptuous and traitorous imaginations, and casting false matters in our hearts.

He conceiveth travail, he beareth mischief, and his body bringeth forth deceit."

He hath prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm.

Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God.

Then when lust hath conceived, she bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.

General references

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness.

For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lips talk of mischief.

And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed.

Then said the LORD unto me, "Thou son of man: these men imagine mischief, and a wicked counsel take they in this city,

The Jews likewise affirmed, saying that it was even so.