Isaiah 59:10

We grope by the wall like the ivrim (blind), 1 and we grope as if we had no einayim (eyes); 1 we stumble at tzohorayim (noon) as in twilight; 1 we are in full vigor and stout, yet we are as mesim (dead ones). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Therefore is mishpat (justice) far from us, 1 neither doth tzedakah overtake us; 1 we wait for ohr, but, hinei, choshech; 1 for negohot (brightness), but we walk in gloom. 1

11We all growl like dubim (bears), 1 and moan continually like yonim (doves); 1 we look for mishpat, but there is none; 1 for Yeshu'ah (Salvation), but it is far off from us. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:29And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the ivver gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and thou shalt be only oppressed and plundered evermore, and thou shalt have no moshi'a.

Proverbs 4:19The derech resha'im is as deep darkness; 1 they know not at what they stumble. 1

Jeremiah 13:16Give kavod to Hashem Eloheichem, 1 before He cause darkness, 1 and before your raglayim stumble 1 upon the dark mountains, 1 and, while ye look for ohr, 1 He turn it into the tzalmavet (shadow of death), 1 and make it gross darkness. 1

Lamentations 4:14They have groped about like ivrim (blind men) in the streets; 1 they have defiled themselves with dahm, 1 so that men dare not touch their garments. 1

John 11:9In reply, he said, Are there not Sheneym Asar (Twelve) sha'ot (hours) of HaYom? If the derech of anyone is a derech by Yom, he does not stumble, because the Ohr HaOlam Hazeh he sees. + 11:9 Jer 13:16; Ps 1:6

John 12:40HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES, HASHMIN LEV HAAM HAZEH (Harden the heart of this people), THAT THEY MIGHT NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND HAVE BINAH WITH THEIR LEV AND MIGHT TURN AND I WILL HEAL THEM. + 12:40 Isa 6:10

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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