Isa 5:7, Jam 5:4 | 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}

James 5:4

4 Behold, ^dthe wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and ^ethe cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of ^fthe Lord of hosts.