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 sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.

The Lord said, "Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.

Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

Trust

For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.

Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, "We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!"

And speak

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

They conceive

We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception."

He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.

General references

See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies --

for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city.

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.