7 For the vineyard of Jehovah of armies is the house of Israel;+

The men of Judah are the plantation* he was fond of.

He kept hoping for justice,+

But look! there was injustice;

For righteousness,

But look! a cry of distress.”+

15 Truth* has vanished,+

And anyone who turns away from bad is plundered.

Jehovah saw this and was displeased,*

For there was no justice.+

Search her public squares to see

Whether you can find a man who acts with justice,+

One who seeks to be faithful,

And I will forgive her.

12 Do horses run on a crag,

Or will one plow there with cattle?

For you have turned justice into a poisonous plant,

And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.*+

 4 So law is paralyzed,

And justice is never carried out.

For the wicked surround the righteous;

That is why justice is perverted.+