Isaiah 59:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Justice is turned back, and deliverance stands at a distance, for truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:10

seat two scoundrels opposite him, and have them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘You have cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

1 Kings 21:11

The men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. Just as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them,

Psalm 119:150

Those who persecute me with evil purpose draw near; they are far from your law.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

Moreover, I saw under the sun that, in the place of justice, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well.

Isaiah 1:21

How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her— but now murderers!

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, you stubborn of heart, you who are far from deliverance:

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of their rights!

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his cherished garden; he expected justice but saw bloodshed; righteousness but heard a cry!

Isaiah 59:11

We all growl like bears; like doves we moan mournfully. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 59:4

No one brings suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas; they speak lies, conceiving mischief and bearing iniquity.

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore justice is far from us, and deliverance does not reach us; we wait for light, but there is only darkness; and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule as the prophets direct; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 7:28

You shall say to them: This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.

Daniel 8:12

Because of wickedness, the host was given over to it together with the regular burnt offering; it cast truth to the ground and kept prospering in what it did.

Hosea 7:1

when I would heal Israel, the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria, for they deal falsely; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside.

Amos 5:11

Therefore because you trample on the poor and take from them levies of grain, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not live in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Amos 5:7

Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood and bring righteousness to the ground!

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Habakkuk 1:4

So the law becomes slack, and justice never prevails. The wicked surround the righteous; therefore judgment comes forth perverted.