Isaiah 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 Isaiah 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 …
Otras traducciones
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.
Referencias cruzadas
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and …
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that …
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: …
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the …
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and …
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built …
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,