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Isaiah 59:14-19
English Standard Version
Isaiah 59:14-19
English Standard Version
Judgment and Redemption
14 (A)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 him[a]
that there was no justice.
16 (B)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 (C)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 (D)zeal as a cloak.
18 (E)According to their deeds, so will he repay,
wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies;
(F)to the coastlands he will render repayment.
19 (G)So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
(H)for he will come like a rushing stream,[b]
which the wind of the Lord drives.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:15 Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes
- Isaiah 59:19 Hebrew a narrow river
Isaiah 59:14-19
New International Version
Isaiah 59:14-19
New International Version
14 So justice(A) is driven back,
and righteousness(B) stands at a distance;
truth(C) has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(D) is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.(E)
16 He saw that there was no one,(F)
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;(G)
so his own arm achieved salvation(H) for him,
and his own righteousness(I) sustained him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,(J)
and the helmet(K) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments(L) of vengeance(M)
and wrapped himself in zeal(N) as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done,
so will he repay(O)
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands(P) their due.
19 From the west,(Q) people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun,(R) they will revere his glory.(S)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath(T) of the Lord drives along.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight
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