Isaiah 59:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴ I’ll drive back justice,^[a]
    and righteousness stands at a distance;
for truth has fallen in the public square,
    and honesty cannot enter.
¹⁵ Truth is missing,
    and whoever turns away from evil becomes a prey.”

“Then the Lord looked, and it displeased him
    that there was no justice.
¹⁶ He saw that there was no one,
    and was appalled that there was no one to intervene;
so his own arm^[b] brought him victory,
    and his righteous acts upheld him.