59:14 Justice is driven back;
godliness 1 stands far off.
Indeed, 2 honesty stumbles in the city square
and morality is not even able to enter.
59:15 Honesty has disappeared;
the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed.
The Lord watches and is displeased, 3
for there is no justice.
1 tn Or “righteousness” (ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); KJV, NAB “justice.”
2 tn Or “for” (KJV, NRSV).
3 tn Heb “and it is displeasing in his eyes.”