Isaiah 59:14

Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off; 1 for truth stumbles in the public square, and right cannot come. 1

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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 rebelled, denying Yahweh and turning away from following our God. 1 We have spoken extortion and turning aside, conceived complaining from the heart and words of lying. 1

15Trustworthiness has gone away, and he who turns away from evil makes himself a victim. 1 Yahweh saw it and was displeased that there was no justice. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:11So the men of his city, the elders and the wealthy who lived in Naboth's city, did as Jezebel had described to them, as was written in the letters that she had sent to them.

Psalms 119:150Those who are persecuting me are coming closer to me, 1 but they are far from your law. 1

Isaiah 1:21How the faithful city has become a prostitute! 1 She who was full of justice—she was full of righteousness, 1 but now she is full of murderers. 1

Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust laws and write unfair decrees. 1

Jeremiah 5:27Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit. 1 So they grow large and become rich. 1

Hosea 7:1Whenever I want to heal Israel, 1 the sin of Ephraim is exposed, 1 as well as the evil deeds of Samaria, 1 for they practice deceit; 1 a thief comes in, 1 and a marauding band attacks in the street. 1

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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