Isaiah 59:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Injustice is everywhere; justice seems far away. Truth is chased out of court; honesty is shoved aside.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:11

After receiving her letters, they did exactly what she had asked.

Psalm 119:150

People who disobey your Law have made evil plans and want to hurt me,

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Everywhere on earth I saw violence and injustice instead of fairness and justice.

Isaiah 1:21

Jerusalem, you are like an unfaithful wife. Once your judges were honest and your people lived right; now you are a city full of murderers.

Isaiah 46:12

You people are stubborn and far from being safe, so listen to me.

Isaiah 5:23

You accept bribes to let the guilty go free, and you cheat the innocent out of a fair trial.

Isaiah 5:7

I am the LORD All-Powerful! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

Isaiah 59:11

We growl like bears and mourn like doves. We hope for justice and victory, but they escape us.

Isaiah 59:4

You falsely accuse others and tell lies in court; sin and trouble are the names of your children.

Isaiah 59:9

No one has come to defend us or to bring about justice. We hoped for a day of sunshine, but all we found was a dark, gloomy night.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Jeremiah 7:28

So you must say to them: People of Judah, I am the LORD your God, but you have refused to obey me, and you didn't change when I punished you. And now, you no longer even pretend to be faithful to me.

Hosea 7:1

and to heal its wounds. But then I see the crimes in Israel and Samaria. Everyone is deceitful; robbers roam the streets.

Amos 5:11

you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.

Amos 5:7

You people are doomed! You twist the truth and trample on justice.

Amos 6:12

Horses can't gallop on rocks; oceans can't be ploughed. But you have turned justice and fairness into bitter poison.

Habakkuk 1:4

Laws cannot be enforced; justice is always the loser; criminals crowd out honest people and twist the laws around.