Isa 24:5-6, 50:1, 59:12-15, Jer 2:17, 19, 4:18, Lam 1:8, 14, 18, 4:13-15 | ESV | STEP | The earth lies defiled under its inhabitants ; for they have transgressed the laws , violated the statutes , broken the everlasting covenant .

Isaiah 24:5-6

5 The earth lies ^adefiled
under its inhabitants;
for ^bthey have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore ^ca curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants ^dsuffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.

Isaiah 50:1

Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience

1 Thus says the Lord:
“Where is ^eyour mother’s certificate of divorce,
with which ^fI sent her away?
Or ^gwhich of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you?
^hBehold, for your iniquities you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

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,
ⁱspeaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.

Judgment and Redemption

14 ^jJustice 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 2:17

17 ^lHave you not brought this upon yourself
by forsaking the Lord your God,
when ^mhe led you in the way?

Jeremiah 2:19

19 ⁿYour evil will chastise you,
and ^oyour apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and ^pbitter
for ^qyou to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,

declares the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 4:18

18 Your ways and your deeds
have brought this upon you.
This is your doom, and ^rit is bitter;
it has reached your very heart.”

Lamentations 1:8

8 ^sJerusalem sinned grievously;
therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
^tfor they have seen her nakedness;
she herself ^ugroans
and turns her face away.

Lamentations 1:14

14 “My transgressions were bound ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain} into ^wa yoke;
by his hand they were fastened together;
they were set upon my neck;
he caused my strength to fail;
the Lord gave me into the hands
of those whom I cannot withstand.

Lamentations 1:18

18 ^x“The Lord is in the right,
^yfor I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
and see my suffering;
^zmy young women and my young men
have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 4:13-15

13 This was for ^aathe sins of her prophets
and ^abthe iniquities of her priests,
who shed in the midst of her
the blood of the righteous.
14 ^acThey wandered, blind, through the streets;
they were so defiled with blood
^adthat no one was able to touch
their garments.
15 “Away! ^aeUnclean!” people cried at them.
“Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
people said among the nations,
“They shall stay with us no longer.”