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Thereforeעַל כֵּןjusticeמִשְׁפָּטis farרָחַקfrom us,מִמֶּנּוּandוְrighteousnessצְדָקָהdoes notלֹאreach us;תַשִּׂיגֵנוּwe waitנְקַוֶּהfor light,לָאוֹרand look,וְהִנֵּהdarkness;חֹשֶׁךְfor brightness,לִנְגֹהוֹתbut in gloomבָּאֲפֵלוֹתwe walk.נְהַלֵּךְ
Isaiah 59:9
Study it in the app“Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us; we wait for light, and look, darkness; for brightness, but in gloom we walk.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 59:9, word by word
- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- is farרָחַקrachak
be far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “rachak” appears- righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- reach usתַשִּׂיגֵtasige
overtake
To reach someone who is ahead.
Where else “tasige” appears- we waitנְקַוֶּהnekave
wait
To long and look for, above all YHWH.
Where else “nekave” appears- for lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- for brightnessנְגֹהוֹתnegohot
brightness
Brightness, a shining.
Where else “negohot” appears- but in gloomאֲפֵלוֹתafelot
thick darkness
Very thick darkness.
Where else “afelot” appears- we walkנְהַלֵּךְnehalech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “nehalech” appears
The context
8The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their tracks; their paths they have made crooked for themselves; everyone who walks on them does not know peace.
9 · This verse (above)
10We grope like the blind for the wall, and like those without eyes we grope; we stumble at noon as in the twilight; among the robust we are like the dead.