Isaiah 59:9-15
1599 Geneva Bible
9 Therefore is [a]judgment far from us, neither doth [b]justice come near unto us: we wait for light, but lo, it is darkness: for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10 We grope for the wall like the [c]blind, and we grope as one without eyes: we stumble at the noon day as in the twilight: we are in solitary places, as dead men.
11 We roar all like [d]bears, and mourn like doves: we look for equity, but there is none: for health, but it is far from us.
12 For our trespasses are many before thee, and our [e]sins testify against us: for our trespasses are with us, and we know our iniquities
13 In trespassing and lying against the Lord, and we have departed away from our God, and have spoken of cruelty and rebellion, conceiving and uttering out of the heart [f]false matters.
14 Therefore [g]judgment is turned backward, and justice standeth far off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth faileth, and he that refraineth from evil, maketh himself [h]a prey: and when the Lord saw it, it displeased him, that there was no judgment.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Isaiah 59:9 That is, God’s vengeance to punish our enemies.
- Isaiah 59:9 God’s protection to defend us.
- Isaiah 59:10 We are altogether destitute of counsel, and can find no end of our miseries.
- Isaiah 59:11 We express our sorrows by outward signs, some more, some less.
- Isaiah 59:12 This confession is general to the Church to obtain remission of sins, and the Prophets did not exempt themselves from the same.
- Isaiah 59:13 To wit, against our neighbors.
- Isaiah 59:14 There is neither justice nor uprightness among men.
- Isaiah 59:15 The wicked will destroy him.
Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition. Published by Tolle Lege Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations in articles, reviews, and broadcasts.
Bible Gateway Recommends
