Therefore is [a]judgment far from us, neither doth [b]justice come near unto us: we wait for light, but lo, it is darkness: for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

10 We grope for the wall like the [c]blind, and we grope as one without eyes: we stumble at the noon day as in the twilight: we are in solitary places, as dead men.

11 We roar all like [d]bears, and mourn like doves: we look for equity, but there is none: for health, but it is far from us.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:9 That is, God’s vengeance to punish our enemies.
  2. Isaiah 59:9 God’s protection to defend us.
  3. Isaiah 59:10 We are altogether destitute of counsel, and can find no end of our miseries.
  4. Isaiah 59:11 We express our sorrows by outward signs, some more, some less.

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