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Isaiah 59:14

59:13 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.
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

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Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

59:15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. maketh: or, is accounted mad it displeased: Heb. it was evil in his eyes

What does Isaiah 59:14 mean?

Isaiah 59:14 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ), נָסַג (nâçag), אָחוֹר (ʼâchôwr). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
is
turned
awayנָסַגnâçag/naw-sag'/H5253to retreat
backward,אָחוֹרʼâchôwr/aw-khore'/H268the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
and
justiceצְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh/tsed-aw-kaw'/H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
standethעָמַדʻâmad/aw-mad'/H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
afar
off:רָחוֹקrâchôwq/raw-khoke'/H7350remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition)
for
truthאֶמֶתʼemeth/eh'-meth/H571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
is
fallenכָּשַׁלkâshal/kaw-shal'/H3782to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
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street,רְחֹבrᵉchôb/rekh-obe'/H7339a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or area
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equityנְכֹחָהnᵉkôchâh/nek-o-khaw'/H5229properly, straightforwardness, i.e. (figuratively) integrity, or (concretely) a truth
cannotיָכֹלyâkôl/yaw-kole'/H3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
enter.בּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

Commentary on Isaiah 59:14

HENRY_FULL · Isaiah 59:14
p" See here, 1. What continual frights those are subject to that go on in wicked

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Genesis 45:5

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. nor: Heb. neither let there be anger in your eyes

1 Kings 15:25

And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. began: Heb. reigned

1 Kings 15:28

Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

1 Kings 16:8

In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

2 Kings 15:8

In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

2 Chronicles 32:20

And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

2 Chronicles 36:1

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

Job 22:28

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Isaiah 3:1

For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

Isaiah 58:12

And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. a lengthening: or, an healing of thine error

Hosea 13:11

I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.

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BackslidingJusticeRulersSin (1)Truth

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 59:14.

1 Kings 3:6

And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. mercy: or, bounty

Exodus 20:18

And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

Exodus 20:21

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Isaiah 28:13

But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

Psalms 9:3

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

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What does Isaiah 59:14 say?

Isaiah 59:14 (King James Version) reads: "And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter."

Is Isaiah 59:14 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 59:14 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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