So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is pe
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness th
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses yo
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do i
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now o
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all th
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive misch
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah