Jesaja 59:14
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Context
This verse from Jesaja Chapter 59 connects to 10 cross-references. The Lord's hand is not too short to save nor his ear too heavy to hear, but iniquities have separated the people from God. A catalogue of social corruption follows. God sees there is no justice and no intercessor so …
Andere Übersetzungen
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
Querverweise
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out …
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, …
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that …
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and …
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and …
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the …