Isaiah 5:7
7 aFor the vineyard of the Lord of hostsis 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 9:4
4 dFor the yoke of his burden,eand the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as fon the day of Midian.
Isaiah 14:29
29 Rejoice not, gO Philistia, all of you,that hthe rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder,
and its fruit will be a iflying fiery serpent.
Isaiah 59:6-8
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.
8The 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.
Jeremiah 6:7
7 mAs a well keeps its water fresh,so she keeps fresh her evil;
nviolence and destruction are heard within her;
sickness and wounds are ever before me.
Ezekiel 7:23
23 o“Forge a chain! ▼▼Probably refers to an instrument of captivity
qFor the land is full of bloody crimes rand the city is full of violence. Amos 3:10
10“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,s“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
Amos 6:3
3 tO you who put far away the day of disasteruand bring near the seat of violence?
Micah 2:2
2They covet fields and vseize them,and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
Micah 3:3
3 wwho eat the flesh of my people,and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.
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