Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"No one calls for justice"
Text: Isaiah 59:4
NOTING GRAVE SINS OF ISRAEL
The LORD highlighted other grave sins that Israel were guilty of. The purpose is to challenge the people to deal with these sins instead of ignoring them.
“No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in empty words and speak lies;
They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.
They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a viper breaks out.”
Isaiah 59:4-5
1. What was not done.
a) What was not done was also a sin.
b) To withhold from doing what was right was also considered sinful.
i) No one called for justice to be upheld.
ii) No one pleaded for truth to be upheld.
c) The consequences were terrible:
i) For the poor and needy.
ii) For the oppressed.
iii) Many were victims of injustice.
2. What was done.
a) There were many who spoke lies.
i) The opposite of speaking the truth was lying.
ii) Many indulged in speaking lies.
iii) They were not held accountable.
b) Evil was perpetuated.
i) It was conceived in thought.
ii) It resulted in acts of iniquity.
3. Two sets of imagery were employed.
a) The imagery of a viper.
i) A baby viper is still deadly.
ii) The poison of a baby viper can still kill.
b) The imagery of a spider.
i) It spins a web to catch insects.
ii) The unsuspecting are caught and they perish.