“Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.

A bruised reed He will not break, And smoking flax He will not quench, Till He sends forth justice to victory;

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’

In His humiliation His justice was taken away, And who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth.”

So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.”

Israel’s Rejection and God’s Justice

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!