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OCTOBER 4
Your lips have spoken lies, And righteousness stands afar off;
Your tongue has muttered perversity. For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
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Nor does any plead for truth. So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes
They trust in empty words and speak himself a prey.
lies;
They conceive evil and bring forth Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased
iniquity. Him
5 That there was no justice.
They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the
spider’s web; 16 He saw that there was no man,
He who eats of their eggs dies, And wondered that there was no
And from that which is crushed a viper intercessor;
breaks out. Therefore His own arm brought salva-
tion for Him;
6 Their webs will not become garments, And His own righteousness, it
Nor will they cover themselves with sustained Him.
their works; 17 For He put on righteousness as a
Their works are works of iniquity, breastplate,
And the act of violence is in their hands. And a helmet of salvation on His head;
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Their feet run to evil, He put on the garments of vengeance
And they make haste to shed innocent for clothing,
blood; And was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and destruction are in their
paths.
8 The way of peace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways; 59:15,16 the LORD saw…no intercessor. The
They have made themselves crooked Lord was aware of Israel’s tragic condition and
paths; of the absence of anyone to intervene on His
Whoever takes that way shall not know behalf. The Lord took it on Himself to change
Israel’s condition through the intervention of
peace.
His Suffering Servant (53:12).
Therefore justice is far from us,
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Nor does righteousness overtake us; 59:17 righteousness as a breastplate…hel-
We look for light, but there is darkness! met of salvation. Figuratively speaking, the
For brightness, but we walk in Lord armed Himself for the deliverance of His
blackness! people and for taking vengeance on enemies
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, who would seek His destruction.Paul drew on
And we grope as if we had no eyes; this terminology in describing a believer’s
spiritual preparation for warding off the
We stumble at noonday as at twilight; attacks of Satan (Eph. 6:14,17; 1 Thess. 5:8).
We are as dead men in desolate places.
We all growl like bears,
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And moan sadly like doves;
18 According to their deeds, accordingly
We look for justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us. He will repay,
12 Fury to His adversaries,
For our transgressions are multiplied
before You, Recompense to His enemies;
And our sins testify against us; 19 The coastlands He will fully repay.
For our transgressions are with us, So shall they fear
And as for our iniquities, we know The name of the LORD from the west,
them: And His glory from the rising of the sun;
13 In transgressing and lying against When the enemy comes in like a flood,
the LORD, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a
And departing from our God, standard against him.
Speaking oppression and revolt, 20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion,
Conceiving and uttering from the heart And to those who turn from
words of falsehood. transgression in Jacob,”
Justice is turned back, Says the LORD.
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