59:7 They are eager to do evil, 1
quick to shed innocent blood. 2
Their thoughts are sinful;
they crush and destroy. 3
59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace;
their deeds are unjust. 4
They use deceitful methods,
and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. 5
59:13 We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord;
we turned back from following our God.
We stir up 6 oppression and rebellion;
we tell lies we concocted in our minds. 7
59:14 Justice is driven back;
godliness 8 stands far off.
Indeed, 9 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, 10
for there is no justice.
1 tn Heb “their feet run to evil.”
2 tn Heb “they quickly pour out innocent blood.”
3 tn Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”
4 tn Heb “a way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their pathways.”
5 tn Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”
6 tn Heb “speaking.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”
8 tn Or “righteousness” (ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); KJV, NAB “justice.”
9 tn Or “for” (KJV, NRSV).
10 tn Heb “and it is displeasing in his eyes.”