Isaiah 59:14

Justice is rejected, and doing right never happens. Truth falls down in the street, and honesty is banned.

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In The King James Version

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

In Context

13We have disobeyed and denied you, Lord; we have turned our backs on our God. We have encouraged oppression and rebellion, telling lies we've carefully thought out.

15There's no truth anywhere, and anyone who does give up evil is robbed. The Lord saw what was going on, and was upset that there was no justice.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:11So the elders and leaders who lived in Naboth's town did as Jezebel had said in the letters she had written and sent to them.

Psalms 119:150Evil people come running to attack me—they totally disregard your law.

Isaiah 1:21The city that used to be faithful has turned into a prostitute! Once she operated on principles of justice and followed what was right, but now only murderers live there.

Isaiah 10:1Tragedy is coming to those who pass evil decrees and who write laws to harm people.

Jeremiah 5:27Their homes are full of their ill-gotten gains, like cages full of birds. That's why they've become powerful and rich.

Hosea 7:1when I heal Israel, Ephraim's sins will be exposed, together with the evil actions of Samaria. They deal in lies; they are thieves who break in to homes and who rob people on the outside.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:10-16

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 12 For our transgressions… Read the whole commentary →

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