Isa 5:7, 10:2, 59:3-7, Jer 5:26-28, 31, 6:13, Eze 18:12, 22:7, Amo 3:10 | ESV | STEP | For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel , and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting ; and he looked for justice , but behold , bloodshed ; for righteousness , but behold , an outcry !

Isaiah 5:7

7 ^aFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed; ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike}
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry! ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike}

Isaiah 10:2

2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and ^dto rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Isaiah 59:3-7

3 ^eFor your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 ^fNo one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
^gthey 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 ^hTheir 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 ⁱTheir 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.

Jeremiah 5:26-28

26 For wicked men are found among my people;
^jthey lurk like fowlers lying in wait. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
^lThey 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;
28 ^mthey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
ⁿthey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 5:31

31 ^othe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
^pmy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 6:13

13 ^q“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone ^ris greedy for unjust gain;
and from ^sprophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

Ezekiel 18:12

12 oppresses the poor and needy, ^tcommits robbery, ^udoes not restore the pledge, ^vlifts up his eyes to the idols, ^wcommits abomination,

Ezekiel 22:7

7 Father and mother ^xare treated with contempt in you; the sojourner ^ysuffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow ^zare wronged in you.

Amos 3:10

10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
^aa“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”