Isa 24:5, 48:1, 59:2-8, 12-15, Jer 5:1-2, 7-9, 26-27, 6:7, 7:6-10 | ESV | STEP | The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants ; for they have transgressed the laws , violated the statutes , broken the everlasting covenant .

ah[See ver. 5 above]

ai[See ver. 5 above]

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

ak Deut. 4:40

ap[See ver. 6 above]

Isaiah 24:5

5 The earth lies ^adefiled
under its inhabitants;
for ^bthey have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.

Isaiah 48:1

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

1 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
^cwho are called by the name of Israel,
and ^dwho came from the waters of Judah,
^ewho swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.

Isaiah 59:2-8

2 ^fbut your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
3 ^gFor your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 ^hNo one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
ⁱthey conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5 They hatch adders’ eggs;
they weave the spider’s web;
he who eats their eggs dies,
and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.
6 ^jTheir 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 ^kTheir 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;
^lno one who treads on them knows peace.

Isaiah 59:12-15

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.

Jeremiah 5:1-2

Jerusalem Refused to Repent

1 ^pRun to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
look and take note!
Search her squares to see
^qif you can find a man,
one who does justice
and seeks truth,
^rthat I may pardon her.
2 ^sThough they say, “As the Lord lives,”
^tyet they swear falsely.

Jeremiah 5:7-9

7 ^u“How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
^vand have sworn by those who are no gods.
^wWhen I fed them to the full,
^xthey committed adultery
^yand trooped to the houses of whores.
8 They were well-fed, lusty stallions,
^zeach neighing ^aafor his neighbor’s wife.
9 ^abShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord;
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?

Jeremiah 5:26-27

26 For wicked men are found among my people;
^acthey lurk like fowlers lying in wait. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
^aeThey set a trap;
they catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;

Jeremiah 6:7

7 ^afAs a well keeps its water fresh,
so she keeps fresh her evil;
^agviolence and destruction are heard within her;
sickness and wounds are ever before me.

Jeremiah 7:6-10

6 if you ^ahdo not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, ^aior shed innocent blood in this place, ^ajand if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, 7 ^akthen I will let you dwell in this place, ^alin the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.

8 “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. 9 ^amWill you steal, murder, commit adultery, ^answear falsely, ^aomake offerings to Baal, ^apand go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, ^aqwhich is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations?