Isaiah 59:4

“None calleth for justice, &c.] Or, “righteousness”; not for civil justice in courts of judicature, as if there were no advocates for it there; or that put those in mind of it, to whom the administration of it belongs; or that see to put the laws against sin in execution, and to relieve those that are oppressed; though of this there may be just cause of complaint in some places: but there are none or few that call for evangelical righteousness, either that preach it, proclaim and publish it to others; even the righteousness of Christ, the grand doctrine of the Gospel, which is therein revealed from faith to faith; so the Syriac version, “there is none that preacheth righteously”; or “in”, or…”

“Rather, "No one calleth an adversary into court with justice," that is, None bringeth a just suit: "No one pleadeth with truth." they trust . . . iniquity--(So Job 15:35; Psa 7:14).”

“None calleth for justice - Or rather, there is no one who brings a suit with justice; no one who goes into court for the purpose of obtaining justice. There is a love of litigation; a desire to take all the advantage which the law can give; a desire to appeal to the law, not for the sake of having strict justice done, but for the sake of doing injury to others, and to take some undue advantage. Nor any pleadeth for truth - Or, no one pleadeth with truth. He does not state the cause as it is. He makes use of cunning and falsehood to gain his cause. They trust in vanity - They confide in quirks and evasions rather than in the justice of their cause. They conceive mischief - They form plans of…”

“None - None seek to redress these wrongs, and violences; they commit all rapines, and frauds with impunity. Bring forth - These two words of conceiving, and bringing forth, denote their whole contrivance, and perfecting their wickedness. Isaiah 59:5”

“59:4 being fair and honest: Israel did not practice these qualities that are part of God’s nature and that he expects from people (1:21; see 25:1).”

“calleth: Isa 59:16; Jer 5:1, Jer 5:4, Jer 5:5; Eze 22:29-31; Mic 7:2-5 trust: Isa 30:12; Job 15:31; Psa 62:10; Jer 7:4, Jer 7:8 and speak: Isa 59:3; Psa 62:4 they conceive: Isa 59:13; Job 15:35; Psa 7:13; Pro 4:16; Mic 2:1; Jam 1:15 Isaiah 59:5”

“The description now passes over to the social and judicial life. Lying and oppression universally prevail. "No one speaks with justice, and no one pleads with faithfulness; men trust in vanity, and speak with deception; they conceive trouble, and bring forth ruin. They hatch basilisks' eggs, and weave spiders' webs. He that eateth of their eggs must die; and if one is trodden upon, it splits into an adder. Their webs do not suffice for clothing, and men cannot cover themselves with their works: their works are works of ruin, and the practice of injustice is in their hands." As קרא is generally used in these prophetic addresses in the sense of κηρύσσειν, and the judicial meaning, citare, in…”