10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood (A)is crying to me from the ground.

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10 The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.(A)

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24 and to Jesus, (A)the mediator of a new covenant, and to (B)the sprinkled blood (C)that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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24 to Jesus the mediator(A) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(B) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(C)

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By faith (A)Abel offered to God (B)a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And (C)through his faith, though he died, he (D)still speaks.

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By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended(A) as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings.(B) And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.(C)

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Behold, (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (C)the Lord of hosts.

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Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C)

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(A)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
    is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
    are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
    but behold, bloodshed;[a]
for righteousness,
    but behold, an outcry![b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
  2. Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike

The vineyard(A) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(B) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,(C) but heard cries of distress.(D)

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14 From oppression and violence he redeems their life,
    and (A)precious is their blood in his sight.

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14 He will rescue(A) them from oppression and violence,
    for precious(B) is their blood in his sight.

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38 “If my land has cried out against me
    and its furrows have wept together,
39 (A)if I have eaten its yield without payment
    and made its owners (B)breathe their last,

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38 “if my land cries out against me(A)
    and all its furrows are wet(B) with tears,
39 if I have devoured its yield without payment(C)
    or broken the spirit of its tenants,(D)

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12 For he who (A)avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he (B)does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

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12 For he who avenges blood(A) remembers;
    he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.(B)

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33 You shall not (A)pollute the land in which you live, for blood (B)pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except (C)by the blood of the one who shed it.

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33 “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,(A) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under (A)the altar (B)the souls of those who had been slain (C)for the word of God and for (D)the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, (E)holy and true, (F)how long (G)before you will judge and (H)avenge our blood on (I)those who dwell on the earth?”

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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under(A) the altar(B) the souls of those who had been slain(C) because of the word of God(D) and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(E) Sovereign Lord,(F) holy and true,(G) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(H) and avenge our blood?”(I)

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18 “O earth, (A)cover not my blood,
    and let my (B)cry find no resting place.

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18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(A)
    may my cry(B) never be laid to rest!(C)

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Then the Lord said, (A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings,

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The Lord said, “I have indeed seen(A) the misery(B) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned(C) about their suffering.(D)

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20 Then the Lord said, “Because (A)the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave,

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20 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom(A) and Gomorrah is so great(B) and their sin so grievous(C)

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