Isaiah 59

NET

Israels Recognizes and Confesses Its Sins

9 For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.


Darby

Israels Recognizes and Confesses Its Sins

9 Therefore is justiceD5096 far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, [but] we walk in obscurity.


Darby Bible Notes

justice - Or 'judgment,' i.e. 'just judgment,' and so in vers. 11,14,15.


KJV

Israels Recognizes and Confesses Its Sins

9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness.