Isaiah 59:15-20

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Truth is missing;
    anyone turning from evil is plundered.

The Lord looked and was upset at the absence of justice.
¹⁶ Seeing that there was no one,
    and astonished that no one would intervene,
    God’s arm brought victory,
    upheld by righteousness,
¹⁷     putting on righteousness as armor
    and a helmet of salvation on his head,
    putting on garments of vengeance,
    and wrapping himself in a cloak of zeal.
¹⁸ God will repay according to their actions:
    wrath to his foes, retribution to enemies,
    retribution to the coastlands,
¹⁹     so those in the west will fear the Lord’s name,
    and those in the east will fear God’s glory.
It will come like a rushing river
    that the Lord’s wind drives on.
²⁰ A redeemer will come to Zion
    and to those in Jacob who stop rebelling,
    says the Lord.