Verse 9
Isaiah 59:9
Bible in Basic English
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For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל כֵּ֗ן רָחַ֤ק מִשְׁפָּט֙ מִמֶּ֔/נּוּ וְ/לֹ֥א תַשִּׂיגֵ֖/נוּ צְדָקָ֑ה נְקַוֶּ֤ה לָ/אוֹר֙ וְ/הִנֵּה חֹ֔שֶׁךְ לִ/נְגֹה֖וֹת בָּ/אֲפֵל֥וֹת נְהַלֵּֽךְ
English Translation
Therefore, justice is far from us, and we do not attain righteousness; we wait for light, and behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
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Chapter 59 Context
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Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is...
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But your sins have come between you and your God (Elohim), and by your evil doings his face has been...
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For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things,...
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No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their w...
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They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes...
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Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering th...
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Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are...
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They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviou...
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For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for...
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We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are runn...
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We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it...
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12
For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doi...
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We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God (Elohim), our words...
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14
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the...
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Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and th...
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And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so...
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Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishme...
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He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters...
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So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come l...
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And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.
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And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my word...
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