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Isaiah 59:9

JusticeDiscouragement and depression

7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

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BSB
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
KJV
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
WEB
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
ASV
Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
DARBY
Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.
BLB
Upon thus justice is far from us and righteousness does not reach us; we wait for the light, and behold, darkness; for brightness—in the darkness we walk.
ÅB
Derfor er retten[^1] langt borte fra oss, og rettferdigheten når oss ikke; vi venter på lys, og se, det er mørke, vi venter på bare solskinn, og i dypeste natt må vi ferdes.
OTB
Derfor er rettferdighet langt fra oss, og rettferd når oss ikke. Vi håper på lys, men se, det er mørke; på lysglans, men vi vandrer i skumring.
B1930
Derfor er retten langt borte fra oss, og rettferdigheten når oss ikke; vi venter på lys, og se, det er mørke, vi venter på bare solskinn, og i dypeste natt må vi ferdes. / < JES 59, 11.>

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 5:30

    And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

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  • Job 30:26

    When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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  • Micah 1:12

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

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  • Jeremiah 14:19

    Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

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  • Lamentations 5:16–17

    The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

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  • Amos 5:18–20

    Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

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  • Habakkuk 1:13

    Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

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  • Jeremiah 8:15

    We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

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