Isaiah 59:14

So then there hath been a driving back of justice, And righteousness, afar off, standeth,—For truth, hath stumbled in the broad-way, And, right, cannot enter;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

13Transgressing, and denying Yahweh, And turning away from following our God,—Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving, and muttering from the heart, words of falsehood.

15And the truth hath been found missing, And he that hath turned away from wrong is liable to be despoiled, And when, Yahweh, looked, Then was it grievous in his eyes that there was no justice:

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:11So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent unto them,—as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them:

Psalms 119:150They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.

Isaiah 1:21How hath she become unchaste!—The city that was Faithful,—Full of justice, Righteousness lodged in her, But, now, murderers!

Isaiah 10:1Alas! for them who ordain iniquitous decrees,—And, busy writers, who make a business of writing mischief:

Jeremiah 5:27As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain,—For this cause, have they become great and waxen rich:

Hosea 7:1When I would have brought healing to Israel, then was disclosed the iniquity of Ephraim, and the wicked doings of Samaria, for they have wrought falsehood,—when, a thief, would enter, a band roamed about, 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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