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Andוַtruthהָאֱמֶתisתְּהִיlacking,נֶעְדֶּרֶתand whoever turnsוְסָרfrom evilמֵרָעis plundered.מִשְׁתּוֹלֵלAnd YHWHוַ יְהוָהsawיַּרְאand it was evilוַיֵּרַעin his eyesבְּעֵינָיוthatכִּיthere was noאֵיןjustice.מִשְׁפָּט
Isaiah 59:15
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 59:15, word by word
- truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- isתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears- lackingנֶעְדֶּרֶתnederet
be lacking
To be absent: let no one be left out.
Where else “nederet” appears- and whoever turnsסָרsar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sar” appears- from evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- is plunderedמִשְׁתּוֹלֵלmishtolel
plunder
To strip the defeated of their goods.
Where else “mishtolel” appears- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- and it was evilיֵּרַעyera
displease
To be unpleasant to someone.
Where else “yera” appears- in his eyesעֵינָיenay
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “enay” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears
The context
14And justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off; for truth has stumbled in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.
15 · This verse (above)
16And he saw that there was no man, and he was astonished that there was no one to intercede; so his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it upheld him.