Isa 5:7, 33:15, 58:6, Jer 7:6-7, Amo 2:6, 8:4-6, Mic 2:1, 3:2 | 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 !

i[See ver. 5 above]

j[See ver. 5 above]

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

l Deut. 4:40

m ch. 3:18

n[See ver. 4 above]

o[Lev. 25:39; 2 Kgs. 4:1]

p ch. 8:6

q[Ps. 14:4]

rSee Num. 28:11

s[Neh. 13:15, 16]

t Ezek. 45:10; Mic. 6:10, 11; See Hos. 12:7

y[ver. 9]

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 33:15

15 ^dHe who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
who despises the gain of oppressions,
who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed
^eand shuts his eyes from looking on evil,

Isaiah 58:6

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
^fto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps ^gof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ^{▼▼Or bruised} go free,
and to break every yoke?

Jeremiah 7:6-7

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

Amos 2:6

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the Lord:

ⁿ“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^othey sell the righteous for ^psilver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—

Amos 8:4-6

4 Hear this, ^qyou who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will ^rthe new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And ^sthe Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make ^tthe ephah small and the shekel ^{▼▼An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for ^vsilver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

Micah 2:1

Woe to the Oppressors

1 ^wWoe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil ^xon their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 3:2

2 you ^ywho hate the good and love the evil,
^zwho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,