Isaiah 59:14

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12 For our ^atransgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And as for our iniquities, we know them:

13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering ^afrom the heart words of falsehood.

14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.

15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a ^aprey.
Then the Lord saw it, and¹ it displeased Him
That there was no justice.

The Redeemer of Zion

16 ^aHe saw that there was no man,
And ^bwondered that there was no intercessor;
^cTherefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 59:14

Justice standeth afar off - tsedakah , righteousness, put here, says Kimchi, for alms to the poor. This casts some light on Matthew 6:1 : "Take heed that you do not your alms," . But the best copies have , righteousness; the former having been inserted in the text at first merely as the explanation of the genuine and original word.

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