Isaiah Chapter 59 verse 14 Holy Bible
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
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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.
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And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
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And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
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Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.
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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,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - Judgment is turned away backward. In conclusion, the crying sin of perversion of justice is admitted with much amplification. (1) Right judgment is exactly inverted - the innocent are condemned, the guilty acquitted. (2) Justice standeth afar off - too far off to be able to hear those who make appeal to it. (3) Truth is fallen in the street; i.e. false witness prevails over true in the courts of justice. . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Truth is fallen in the street--i.e., the broad open place, or agora, of the city. The words point naturally to Jerusalem. If they refer to Babylon, we must assume, unless we deal with the language as altogether figurative, that the exiles had a quarter of their own, in which they had an agora for business and judicial proceedings.
