Andוְjusticeמִשְׁפָּטis turnedהֻסַּגback,אָחוֹרand righteousnessוּצְדָקָהstandsתַּעֲמֹדfar off;מֵרָחוֹקforכִּיtruthאֱמֶתhas stumbledכָשְׁלָהin the public square,בָרְחוֹבand uprightnessוּנְכֹחָהcannotלֹא תוּכַלenter.לָבוֹא
Isaiah 59:14
Study it in the app“And justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off; for truth has stumbled in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 59:14, word by word
- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- is turnedהֻסַּגhusag
move back
To go back; also be driven back.
Where else “husag” appears- backאָחוֹרachor
behind
The part behind something or someone, the side not seen from the front.
Where else “achor” appears- and righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- standsתַּעֲמֹדtaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “taamod” appears- far offרָחוֹקrachok
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rachok” appears- truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- has stumbledכָשְׁלָהchashla
stumble
To lose one's balance while walking until one falls.
Where else “chashla” appears- in the public squareרְחוֹבrechov
square
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appears- and uprightnessנְכֹחָהnechocha
what is straight, right
What is straight, right: what goes straight without turning aside; honesty.
Where else “nechocha” appears- cannotתוּכַלtuchal
be able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “tuchal” appears- enterבוֹאvo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appears
The context
13transgressing and denying YHWH, and turning away from following our Elohim, speaking oppression and rebellion, conceiving and muttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 · This verse (above)
15And truth is lacking, and whoever turns from evil is plundered. And YHWH saw and it was evil in his eyes that there was no justice.