Isa 59:13-15, Jer 6:13, 7:3-6, Mic 7:2-5 | ESV | STEP | transgressing , and denying the Lord , and turning back from following our God , speaking oppression and revolt , conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words .

k[See ver. 5 above]

l[See ver. 5 above]

m ch. 13:10; 25:6; Deut. 6:14

n[Ps. 12:1; Isa. 57:1]

o Ps. 14:1, 3

p[Ps. 10:9; Hos. 6:8, 9]

u[2 Sam. 23:6, 7; Nah. 1:10]; See Ezek. 2:6

vSee Ezek. 33:2

w[ch. 3:6, 7; Isa. 22:5]

x Jer. 9:4

y[Ps. 141:3]

Isaiah 59:13-15

13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
^aspeaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

Judgment and Redemption

14 ^bJustice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him ^{▼▼Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes}
that there was no justice.

Jeremiah 6:13

13 ^d“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone ^eis greedy for unjust gain;
and from ^fprophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 7:3-6

3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^gAmend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. 4 ^hDo not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

5 “For if you truly ⁱamend your ways and your deeds, if you truly ^jexecute justice one with another, 6 if you ^kdo not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, ^lor shed innocent blood in this place, ^mand if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,

Micah 7:2-5

2 ⁿThe godly has perished from the earth,
and ^othere is no one upright among mankind;
^pthey all lie in wait for blood,
and ^qeach hunts the other with a net.
3 ^rTheir hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
^sthe prince and ^tthe judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4 The best of them is ^ulike a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of ^vyour watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
^wnow their confusion is at hand.
5 ^xPut no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard ^ythe doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms; ^{▼▼Hebrew bosom}