2Sa 16:21-22, Isa 59:6-15, Eze 9:4, Zep 3:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Ahithophel said to Absalom , Go in to your father’s concubines , whom he has left to keep the house , and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father , and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened .

2 Samuel 16:21-22

21 Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to ^ayour father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and ^bthe hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom ^con the roof. And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines ^din the sight of all Israel.

Isaiah 59:6-15

6 ^eTheir webs will not serve as clothing;
men will not cover themselves with what they make.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and deeds of violence are in their hands.
7 ^fTheir feet run to evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.
8 The way of peace they do not know,
and there is no justice in their paths;
they have made their roads crooked;
^gno one who treads on them knows peace.
9 Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not overtake us;
^hwe hope for light, and behold, darkness,
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 ⁱWe grope for the wall like the blind;
we grope like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
^jamong those in full vigor we are like dead men.
11 We all growl like bears;
^kwe moan and moan like doves;
^lwe hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
and we know our iniquities:
13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
^mspeaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

Judgment and Redemption

14 ⁿJustice 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.

Ezekiel 9:4

4 And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and ^pput a mark on the foreheads of the men who ^qsigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”

Zephaniah 3:1-3

Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
^rthe oppressing city!
2 She listens to no voice;
^sshe accepts no correction.
^tShe does not trust in the Lord;
she does not draw near to her God.
3 ^uHer officials within her
are roaring lions;
her judges are ^vevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.