Isaiah 59:9

Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8and the way of peace they know not, neither is there judgment in their ways; for their paths by which they go are crooked, and they know not peace.

10They shall feel for the wall as blind men, and shall feel for it as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noonday as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men.

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Cross References

Job 19:8I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: 1 He has set darkness before my face. 1

Proverbs 4:19But the ways of the ungodly are dark; 1 They know not how they stumble. 1

Jeremiah 8:15We assembled for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, but behold anxiety.

Lamentations 3:2He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, 1 And not into light. 1

Amos 5:18Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.

Habakkuk 1:13His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:2-9

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak… Read the whole commentary →

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