TSK · Isaiah 59:6

The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.

Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!

Egypt Will Prove Unreliable“The rebellious children are as good as dead,” says the LORD,“those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin.

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left– not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence.

He said to me,“The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption, for they say,‘The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see!’

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

but you rise up as an enemy against my people. You steal a robe from a friend, from those who pass by peacefully as if returning from a war.

The city’s wealthy people readily resort to violence; her inhabitants tell lies, their tongues speak deceptive words.

On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: