Isaiah 59:4-9

New International Version

⁴ No one calls for justice;^(A)
    no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely^(B) on empty arguments, they utter lies;^(C)
    they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.^(D)
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers^(E)
    and spin a spider’s web.^(F)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
    and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
⁶ Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
    they cannot cover themselves with what they make.^(G)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
    and acts of violence^(H) are in their hands.
⁷ Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.^(I)
They pursue evil schemes;^(J)
    acts of violence mark their ways.^(K)
8 The way of peace they do not know;^(L)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;^(M)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.^(N)