Isaiah 59:13

We know that we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We ◄oppress people/treat people cruelly► by what we testify against them; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We [SYN] think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

In Context

12But these things are happening because it is as though our sins are piled high in the presence of God, and that they testify [PRS] against us. We cannot deny it; we know that we have done many wrong things.

14In our courts, the judges do not decide cases/matters fairly; no one is acting righteously. In plazas where people gather together, no one tells the truth [PRS]; it seems that people are not allowed to say what is true.

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Cross References

Psalms 78:36But they tried to deceive God by what they said [MTY]; their words [MTY] were all lies.

Isaiah 5:7The nation of Israel is like [MET] the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are like the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, what he saw was people murdering [MTY] others. He expected that you would be doing righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being attacked violently.

Isaiah 32:6Foolish people say things that are foolish, and they plan to do evil things. Their behavior is disgraceful, and they say things about Yahweh that are false. They do not give food to those who are hungry, and they do not give water to those who are thirsty.

Isaiah 57:11Was it because you were afraid of those idols more than you were afraid of me that you lied about what you were doing, and you do not even think about [DOU, RHQ] me? Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me [RHQ]?

Jeremiah 2:13You, my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is like [MET] a fountain where you can obtain fresh water, and you are worshiping gods that are like [MET] pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water.

Jeremiah 2:17But it is [RHQ] because you abandoned me, Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you.

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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