Isaiah 59:4
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.”
שָׁוְא
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
שָׁפַט
is one who enters into judgment
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שָׁפַט
is one who enters into judgment
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)
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תֹּהוּ
emptiness
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תֹּהוּ
Empty, formless, void. Tohu. The state of the earth before God spoke. God specialises in taking what is empty and formless and making something beautiful.
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קָרָא
is one who calls
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קָרָא
To call, to proclaim, to read aloud. Qara. God called Abraham Moses Samuel and you. When God calls your name everything changes.
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הָרָה
they conceive
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הָרָה
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
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עָמָל
mischief
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עָמָל
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
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