For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the op
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to wa
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their o
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neit
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that yo
the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even mor
the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a wine
Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder o
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His
For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so y
For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous.