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Isaiah 59:14
Isaiah 59:14 is verse 14 of Isaiah chapter 59, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
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.
World English Bible
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
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Isaiah 59:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Psalms 82:3Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
Psalms 82:4Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 82:5They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Micah 3:9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Micah 3:10who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
Micah 7:5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
Zephaniah 3:2She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.