No man calleth for justice: no man [a]contendeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak vain things: they conceive mischief, and [b]bring forth iniquity.

They hatch cockatrice [c]eggs, and weave the spider’s [d]web: he that eateth of their eggs, died, and that which is trode upon, breaketh out into a serpent.

Their webs shall be no garment, neither shall they cover themselves with their labors: for their works are works of iniquities, and the work of cruelty is in their hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:4 All men wink at the injuries and oppressions, and none go about to remedy them.
  2. Isaiah 59:4 According to their wicked devices, they hurt their neighbors.
  3. Isaiah 59:5 Whatsoever cometh from them is poison, and bringeth death.
  4. Isaiah 59:5 They are profitable to no purpose.

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