Isaiah 59:13-15

59:13 We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord;

we turned back from following our God.

We stir up ¹  oppression and rebellion;

we tell lies we concocted in our minds. ² 

59:14 Justice is driven back;

godliness ³  stands far off.

Indeed, ⁴  honesty stumbles in the city square

and morality is not even able to enter.

59:15 Honesty has disappeared;

the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed.

The Lord watches and is displeased, ⁵ 

for there is no justice.

[59:13]  ¹ tn Heb “speaking.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[59:13]  ² tn Heb “conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”

[59:14]  ³ tn Or “righteousness” (ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); KJV, NAB “justice.”

[59:14]  ⁴ tn Or “for” (KJV, NRSV).

[59:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it is displeasing in his eyes.”