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13 transgressing and denying Yahweh,
    and turning away from following[a] our God;
speaking oppression and falsehood,
    conceiving and uttering words of deception from the heart.
14 And justice is pushed back,
    and righteousness stands afar;
for truth stumbles in the public square,
    and straightforwardness is unable to enter,
15 and truth is missing,
    and he who turns aside from evil is plundered.
And Yahweh saw,
    and it was displeasing in his eyes that there was no justice

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  1. Isaiah 59:13 Literally “back from behind”