TSK · Isaiah 5:23

“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.

They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer– priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.

Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”