Isaiah 59:4

No one sues in righteousness, 2 and no one pleads in truth. 1 They trust in vanity, 2 and speak lies. 1 They conceive mischief, 2 and give birth to vain striving of iniquity. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3For your hands are defiled with blood, 2 and your fingers with depravity (moral evil). 1 Your lips have spoken lies. 2 Your tongue mutters wickedness. 1

5They hatch adders’ eggs, 2 and weave the spider’s web. 1 He who eats of their eggs dies; 2 and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole, 2 and has fallen into the pit which he made. 1

Psalms 62:4They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. 2 They delight in lies. 2 They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·. 1

Proverbs 4:16For they don’t sleep, unless they do evil. 2 Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall. 1

Isaiah 33:11You will conceive chaff. 2 You will give birth to stubble. 2 Your breath is a fire that will devour you. 1

Isaiah 59:13being rebellious, breaking away from authority thus breaking relationship and denying Adonai, 2 and turning away from following our God, 2 speaking oppression and revolt, 2 conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:2-9

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak… Read the whole commentary →

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