Isaiah 59
59
Conviction of Sin
1Truly Yahweh’s arm is not too powerless to save you
nor his ear too deaf to hear.
2Rather, your sinful deeds have built a barrier
between you and your God.
Your sins have made God turn his face from you
so that he does not hear your prayers.
3For your hands are stained with blood
and your fingers are dripping with the guilt of sin.
Lies spill from your lips
and your tongue mutters treachery.
4No one seeks true justice;
no one pleads his case with honesty.
They rely on their illusions and misleading lies;
they conceive trouble and give birth to sin.
5They hatch harmful plots like snake’s eggs
and spin their lies like a spider spins its web.
Whoever eats their “eggs” dies
and a poisonous snake gets hatched!
6Their “webs” cannot substitute as clothing,
they cannot cover themselves with the lies they spin,
nor can their works cover them adequately.
Their actions are evil,
and the wages of violence is in their hands.
7Their feet eagerly run after evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood. # 59:7 See Prov. 6:16–19; Rom. 3:15–16.
Their imaginations are filled with evil; # 59:7 See Gen. 6:5.
destruction and desolation litter their paths.
8They know nothing of the way of peace, # 59:8 See Rom. 3:17; Eph. 2:14.
and injustice is their way of life.
Their paths are so crooked
that no one who walks in them knows peace.
Confession of Sin
9For this reason, justice is far from us
and righteousness doesn’t reach us.
We hope for light, but sadly, there is only darkness. # 59:9 See John 8:11–12.
We wait for a bright light, but walk in darkness.
10We are like the blind groping along a wall,
inching along in the dark like those who cannot see;
we stumble around in broad daylight like it was night,
like the walking dead. # 59:10 The meaning of this Hebrew clause is uncertain. See Eph. 2:1.
11We are frustrated, growling like bears,
like doves cooing mournfully.
We wait and wait for justice, but it never seems to come;
for salvation, but it remains distant.
12For our many rebellious deeds are stacked high before you;
our sins testify against us.
We are aware of our sins,
and we know our evil deeds all too well.
13We have rebelled and even tried to deny Yahweh;
we have forsaken our God.
Our speech stirs up oppression and revolt,
and our hearts conceive, then confess, lies. # 59:13 See Eph. 4:25.
14Justice is driven away
and righteousness stands on the sidelines,
for truth has stumbled in the public square
and morality cannot enter.
15Yes, truth has disappeared, # 59:15 Or “truth is hidden” (Vulg.).
and those who turn from evil become the next victims.
Yahweh saw this and was greatly displeased
that there was no justice.
The Lord, Our Redeemer
16And then he was astonished to see that there was no champion, # 59:16 Or “intercessor.”
not even one, who would rescue the oppressed. # 59:16 Or “intercede.”
So then his own mighty power # 59:16 Or “arm,” a metaphor for his mighty power. rescued him,
and his own righteousness supported him.
17He put on righteousness as his body armor, # 59:17 See Eph. 6:10–18.
salvation for a helmet;
a garment of warring vengeance was his uniform
and passion, his cape.
18He will repay wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes,
according to what they have done.
Reckoning is coming to the islands for what is due them.
19From the west to the lands of the rising sun,
the glory and the name of Yahweh
will be held in highest reverence,
for he will break in as a flooding, rushing river # 59:19 God broke into the human condition as a man who died on the cross. His blood, like a flood of righteousness, washes away the sins of those who believe in him.
driven on by the breath of Yahweh! # 59:19 Or “When the enemy comes in, the Spirit of Yahweh, like a flood, will lift up a standard against him”; or “When the enemy comes in like a flood, the breath of Yahweh will put him to flight.”
God’s Covenant with Zion
20“He will come to Zion as a Kinsman-Redeemer
to those of Jacob’s tribes who repent of their rebellion,”
says Yahweh.
21“And this is my covenant promise with them,” # 59:21 See Jer. 31:33; Rom. 11:26–27; Gal. 3:29; Heb. 12:22–24.
says Lord Yahweh.
“From now on, my Holy Spirit will rest on them
and not depart from them,
and my prophetic words will fill their mouths
and will not depart from them, nor from their children,
nor from their descendants, from now on and forever,”
says Lord Yahweh.
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Warnings against Sin
1Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you,
nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.
2It’s your sins that have cut you off from God.
Because of your sins, he has turned away
and will not listen anymore.
3Your hands are the hands of murderers,
and your fingers are filthy with sin.
Your lips are full of lies,
and your mouth spews corruption.
4No one cares about being fair and honest.
The people’s lawsuits are based on lies.
They conceive evil deeds
and then give birth to sin.
5They hatch deadly snakes
and weave spiders’ webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
whoever cracks them will hatch a viper.
6Their webs can’t be made into clothing,
and nothing they do is productive.
All their activity is filled with sin,
and violence is their trademark.
7Their feet run to do evil,
and they rush to commit murder.
They think only about sinning.
Misery and destruction always follow them.
8They don’t know where to find peace
or what it means to be just and good.
They have mapped out crooked roads,
and no one who follows them knows a moment’s peace.
9So there is no justice among us,
and we know nothing about right living.
We look for light but find only darkness.
We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.
10We grope like the blind along a wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
Even at brightest noontime,
we stumble as though it were dark.
Among the living,
we are like the dead.
11We growl like hungry bears;
we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
12For our sins are piled up before God
and testify against us.
Yes, we know what sinners we are.
13We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord.
We have turned our backs on our God.
We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,
carefully planning our deceitful lies.
14Our courts oppose the righteous,
and justice is nowhere to be found.
Truth stumbles in the streets,
and honesty has been outlawed.
15Yes, truth is gone,
and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.
The Lord looked and was displeased
to find there was no justice.
16He was amazed to see that no one intervened
to help the oppressed.
So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm,
and his justice sustained him.
17He put on righteousness as his body armor
and placed the helmet of salvation on his head.
He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance
and wrapped himself in a cloak of divine passion.
18He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds.
His fury will fall on his foes.
He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.
19In the west, people will respect the name of the Lord;
in the east, they will glorify him.
For he will come like a raging flood tide
driven by the breath of the Lord.#59:19 Or When the enemy comes like a raging flood tide, / the Spirit of the Lord will drive him back.
20“The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem
to buy back those in Israel
who have turned from their sins,”#59:20 Hebrew The Redeemer will come to Zion / to buy back those in Jacob / who have turned from their sins. Greek version reads The one who rescues will come on behalf of Zion, / and he will turn Jacob away from ungodliness. Compare Rom 11:26.
says the Lord.
21“And this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children’s children forever. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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