Isaiah 59:14

Truth is fallen in the street— Truth falleth down in the forum, or the judicatures, &c.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And judgment is turned away backward - The word ‘judgment’ is not used, as in Isaiah 59:9 , to denote the divine interposition to avenge and del...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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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. Justice standeth afa...
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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. And judgment...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1, 2. An answer to the implied objection that the promises of restoration have not yet been fulfilled.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The street ] the open space in the city where business is done, and cases are brought before the judges.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Here is a long and sad account of men's revolt and transgression, which fully explains what was said before, as well as accounts for the divine corre...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off ,.... Jarchi interprets this of the vengeance of God, and his righteousness in h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And judgment is turned away backward He speaks here of the sentences in courts of judicature, which were contrary to right and justice; as if he ha...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. B. C. 706....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And judgment, the deliverance which the Lord would otherwise grant, is turned away backward, and justice, the sentence of deliverance, standeth af...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judgment — He speaks here of the sentences in courts of judicature. Truth — Truth is cast to the ground, and justice trampled under foot, even in p...

¹⁴ And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 59:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 59:14