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Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can`t enter.
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A Collapse of Public Justice
Commentators explain that this verse describes a complete societal breakdown. The imagery is of justice and truth being physically blocked from the city's public squares and courts. This wasn't just about private, individual sins, but a systemic corruption where the very institutions meant to uphold fairness had become perverse.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And judgment is turned away backward - The word ‘judgment’ is not used, as in (Isaiah 59:9), to denote the divine inter…
19th Century
Anglican
Truth is fallen in the street —that is, the broad open place, or agora, of the city. The words point naturally to Jerusal…
16th Century
Protestant
And judgment is driven back. It is a mistake to suppose that the Prophet returns to his earliest subject (Isaiah 1:5) and spea…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standsafar off Jarchi interprets th…
If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just of God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of tho…
13th Century
Catholic
Behold, the hand of the Lord is not shortened. Here the prophet presents the preparation for receiving salvation on the part of …
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