Isaiah 59:9-15

International Children’s Bible

Israel’s Sin Brings Trouble

⁹Fairness has gone far away.
    Goodness is nowhere to be found.
We wait for the light, but there is only darkness now.
    We hope for a bright light, but all we have is darkness.
¹⁰We are like blind people feeling our way along a wall.
    We have to feel our way as if we had no eyes.
In the brightness of day we trip as if it were night.
    We are like dead men among the strong.
¹¹All of us growl like the bears.
    We call out sadly like the doves.
We look for justice, but there isn’t any.
    We want to be saved, but salvation is far away.

¹²We have done many wrong things against our God.
    Our sins show we are wrong.
We know we have turned against God.
    We know the evil things we have done.
¹³We have sinned and turned against the Lord.
    We have turned away from our God.
We have planned to hurt others and to disobey God.
    We have planned and spoken lies.
¹⁴We have driven away justice.
    We have kept away from what is right.
Truth is not spoken in the streets.
    What is honest is not allowed to enter the city.
¹⁵Truth cannot be found anywhere.
    And people who refuse to do evil are attacked.