5:7 Indeed 3 Israel 4 is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies,
the people 5 of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight.
He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! 6
He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help! 7
9:4 For their oppressive yoke
and the club that strikes their shoulders,
the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, 8
you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat. 9
14:29 Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines,
just because the club that beat you has been broken! 10
For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root,
and its fruit will be a darting adder. 11
59:6 Their webs cannot be used for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are sinful;
they commit violent crimes. 12
59:7 They are eager to do evil, 13
quick to shed innocent blood. 14
Their thoughts are sinful;
they crush and destroy. 15
59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;
their deeds are unjust. 16
They use deceitful methods,
and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. 17
6:7 As a well continually pours out fresh water
so it continually pours out wicked deeds. 18
Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. 19
All I see are sick and wounded people.’ 20
3:10 “They do not know how to do what is right.” (The Lord is speaking.)
“They store up 21 the spoils of destructive violence 22 in their fortresses.
6:3 You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, 23
but you establish a reign of violence. 24
2:2 They confiscate the fields they desire,
and seize the houses they want. 25
They defraud people of their homes, 26
and deprive people of the land they have inherited. 27
3:3 You 28 devour my people’s flesh,
strip off their skin,
and crush their bones.
You chop them up like flesh in a pot 29 –
like meat in a kettle.
6:12 The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; 30
her inhabitants lie, 31
their tongues speak deceptive words. 32