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Isaiah 59

Isa. 59:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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None calleth
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
for justice
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
, nor any pleadeth
shaphat (Hebrew #8199)
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + avenge, X that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), X needs, plead, reason, rule.
Pronounce: shaw-fat'
Origin: a primitive root
for truth
'emuwnah (Hebrew #530)
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV usage: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Pronounce: em-oo-naw');
Origin: feminine of 529
: they trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
in vanity
tohuw (Hebrew #8414)
a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
KJV usage: confusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Pronounce: to'-hoo
Origin: from an unused root meaning to lie waste
, and speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
lies
shav' (Hebrew #7723)
from the same as 7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
KJV usage: false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: shawv
Origin: or shav {shav}
; they conceive
harah (Hebrew #2029)
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.
Pronounce: haw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
mischief
`amal (Hebrew #5999)
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
Pronounce: aw-mawl'
Origin: from 5998
, and bring forth
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
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calleth.
Isa. 59:16• 16And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. (Isa. 59:16)
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Jer. 5:1,4‑5• 1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
 4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
 5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. (Jer. 5:1,4‑5)
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Ezek. 22:29‑31• 29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
 30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
 31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 22:29‑31)
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Mic. 7:2‑5• 2The 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.
 3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
 4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
 5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. (Mic. 7:2‑5)
trust.
Isa. 30:12• 12Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: (Isa. 30:12)
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Job 15:31• 31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. (Job 15:31)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. (Psa. 62:10)
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Jer. 7:4,8• 4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.
 8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. (Jer. 7:4,8)
and speak.
Isa. 59:3• 3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. (Isa. 59:3)
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Psa. 62:4• 4They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. (Psa. 62:4)
they conceive.
Isa. 59:13• 13In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. (Isa. 59:13)
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Job 15:35• 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. (Job 15:35)
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Psa. 7:13• 13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. (Psa. 7:13)
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Prov. 4:16• 16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. (Prov. 4:16)
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Mic. 2:1• 1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. (Mic. 2:1)
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James 1:15• 15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (James 1:15)
• Worst of all, sin has undermined and alienated their beings so that none seek after God. That being so God must seek after man, if ever he is to be blessed: in other words, God must take the initiative. We fall back therefore upon the sovereignty of God. (“Isaiah 59” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulnesse. They trust in vanityf, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "faithfulness."
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Lit. "emptiness."