Isaias 59:9

Filipino Cebuano Bible

9 Tungod niini ang justicia halayo kanato, ni makaapas kanato ang pagkamatarung: kita mangita sa kahayag, apan, ania karon, ang kangitngit; ug mangita sa kasidlak, apan kita nagalakaw sa kadulom.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

is judgment: Lamentations 5:16, Lamentations 5:17, Habakkuk 1:13

we wait: Isaiah 5:30, Job 30:26, Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 14:19, Amos 5:18-20, Micah 1:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Reciprocal: Proverbs 4:19 - General Isaiah 50:10 - that walketh Jeremiah 13:16 - before Lamentations 3:2 - brought Lamentations 4:14 - have wandered Amos 8:9 - that I Zephaniah 1:17 - they shall

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us,.... These are the words of the few godly persons in those times, taking notice of prevailing sins, confessing and lamenting them, and observing that these were the source of their calamities under which they groaned; "therefore", because of the above mentioned sins, and in just retaliation, no justice or judgment being among men; therefore, in great righteousness "judgment is far from us"; or God does not appear to right our wrongs, and avenge us of our enemies, but suffers them to afflict and distress us:

neither doth justice overtake us; the righteousness of God inflicting vengeance on our enemies, and saving and protecting us; this does not come up with us, nor do we enjoy the benefit of it, but walk on without it unprotected, and exposed to the insults of men:

we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness; or "for brightnesses" y; for much clear light; but

we walk in mists z; in thick fogs, and have scarce any light at all. The meaning is, they waited for deliverance and salvation; but instead of that had the darkness of affliction and distress; or they were expecting latter day light and glory, the clear and bright shining of Gospel truths; but, instead of that, were surrounded with the darkness of ignorance and infidelity, superstition and will worship, and walked in the mists and fogs of error and heresy of all sorts: this seems to respect the same time as in Zechariah 14:6.

y לנגהות "in splendores", Pagninus, Montanus; "magnum splendorem", Vitringa. z באפלות "in ealiginibus", Montanus, Cocceius; "in summa caligine", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "in densa caligine", Vitringa.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore is judgment far from us - This is the confession of the people that they were suffering not unjustly on account of their crimes. The word ‘judgment’ here is evidently to be taken in the sense of vengeance or vindication. The idea is this, ‘we are subjected to calamities and to oppressions by our enemies. In our distresses we cry unto God, but on account of our sins he does not hear us, nor does he come to vindicate our cause.’

Neither doth justice overtake us - That is, God does not interpose to save us from our calamities, and to deliver us from the hand of our enemies. The word justice here is not to be regarded as used in the sense that they had a claim on God, or that they were now suffering unjustly, but it is used to denote the attribute of justice in God; and the idea is, that the just God, the avenger of wrongs, did not come forth to vindicate their cause, and to save them from the power of their foes.

We wait for light - The idea here is, that they anxiously waited for returning prosperity.

But behold obscurity - Darkness. Our calamities continue, and relief is not afforded us.

For brightness - That is, for brightness or splendor like the shining of the sun an emblem of happiness and prosperity.