They do not know the way of peace; and no judgment is in their tracks. They have made crooked paths for themselves; everyone going in them does not know peace.
For the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the man of Judah is His delightful plant. And He waited for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, a cry!
On account of this, judgment is far from us,and righteousness does not overtake us. We wait for light, but, behold, darkness, for brightness, but we walk in gloominess.
Roam around in Jerusalem’s streets and see now, and know, and seek in her open places if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and you have left aside the weightier matters of the Law: judgment, and mercy, and faith. It was right to do these, and not to have left those aside.