Isaiah 59:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Isaiah 59:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 15:35
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Micah 7:2-5
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. …
James 1:15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Jeremiah 7:8
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Jeremiah 7:4
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

Topics

Anger Cruelty Deceit Deception Depravity of Man False Teachers Falsehood Guilt

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

The prophet here rectifies the mistake of those who had been quarrelling with God because they had not the deliverances wrought for them which they had been often fasting and praying for, Isa. 58:3. Now here he shows, I. That it was not owing to God. They had no reason to lay the fault upon him that they were not saved out of the hands of their enemies; for, 1. He was still as able to help as ever…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. Rather, “No one calleth an adversary into court with justice,” that is, None bringeth a just suit: “No one pleadeth with truth.” they trust ... iniquity--(So Job 15:35; Psa 7:14).