14 (A)Justice is turned back,
And (B)righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
And one who turns aside from evil (C)makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was [a]displeasing in His sight (D)that there was no justice.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:15 Or evil

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