14 Therefore [a]judgment is turned backward, and justice standeth far off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

15 Yea, truth faileth, and he that refraineth from evil, maketh himself [b]a prey: and when the Lord saw it, it displeased him, that there was no judgment.

16 And when he saw that there was no man, he wondered that none would offer himself. [c]Therefore his arm did [d]save it, and his righteousness itself did sustain it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:14 There is neither justice nor uprightness among men.
  2. Isaiah 59:15 The wicked will destroy him.
  3. Isaiah 59:16 Meaning, to do justice, and to remedy the things that were so far out of order.
  4. Isaiah 59:16 That is, his Church or his arm did help itself, and did not seek aid of any other.

14 So justice(A) is driven back,
    and righteousness(B) stands at a distance;
truth(C) has stumbled in the streets,
    honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(D) is nowhere to be found,
    and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

The Lord looked and was displeased
    that there was no justice.(E)
16 He saw that there was no one,(F)
    he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;(G)
so his own arm achieved salvation(H) for him,
    and his own righteousness(I) sustained him.

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