Isaiah 59:3-5

New International Reader's Version

³ Your hands and fingers are stained with blood.
    You are guilty of committing murder.
Your mouth has told lies.
    Your tongue says evil things.
⁴ People aren’t fair when they present cases in court.
    They aren’t honest when they state their case.
They depend on weak arguments. They tell lies.
    They plan to make trouble.
    Then they carry it out.
⁵ The plans they make are like the eggs of poisonous snakes.
    Anyone who eats those eggs will die.
    When one of them is broken, a snake comes out.