Isaiah 59:8

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

“Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”

Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”

Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.

He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.

Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;

Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.

“Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand.

The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

“ ‘All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is Yahweh’s. It is holy to Yahweh.

Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not afflict them any more, as at the first,

Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, “The king says, ‘Is it peace?’ ” Jehu answered, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!”

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?”

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.

though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.

Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.

The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

“There is no peace”, says Yahweh, “for the wicked.”

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says Yahweh who has mercy on you.

All your children will be taught by Yahweh; and your children’s peace will be great.

No one sues in righteousness, and no one pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and give birth to iniquity.

“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will place them, multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more.

But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”

In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

So one went on horseback to meet him, and said, “the king says, ‘Is it peace?’ ” Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me!” The watchman said, “The messenger came to them, but he isn’t coming back.”

But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.

who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.

“There is no peace”, says my God, “for the wicked.”

“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who does justly, who seeks truth, then I will pardon her.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

They have all turned away. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not so much as one.”

The way of peace, they haven’t known.”