Isa 59:14-15, Hos 4:1 | ESV | STEP | Justice is turned back , and righteousness stands far away ; for truth has stumbled in the public squares , and uprightness cannot enter .

Isaiah 59:14-15

Judgment and Redemption

14 ^aJustice 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.

Hosea 4:1

The Lord Accuses Israel

1 ^cHear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for ^dthe Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and ^eno knowledge of God in the land;