13 transgressing, and denying the Lord,and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt,conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
14 Justice is turned back,and righteousness stands far away;for truth has stumbled in the public squares,and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.The Lord saw it, and it displeased himthat there was no justice.
16 He saw that there was no man,and wondered that there was no one to intercede;then his own arm brought him salvation,and his righteousness upheld him.
17 He put on righteousness as a breastplate,and a helmet of salvation on his head;he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak.
18 According to their deeds, so will he repay,wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment.
19 So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come like a rushing stream,which the wind of the Lord drives.