Isaiah 59
59
Evil and Oppression
1Behold, #ch. 50:2; Num. 11:23the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 #
Jer. 5:25
but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
3 # ch. 1:15 For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 # [ver. 14] No one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
#
Job 15:35; Ps. 7:14 they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5They hatch adders’ eggs;
they weave the spider’s web;
he who eats their eggs dies,
and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.
6 #
Job 8:14
Their webs will not serve as clothing;
men will not cover themselves with what they make.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and deeds of violence are in their hands.
7 #
Prov. 1:16; Cited Rom. 3:15-17 Their feet run to evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.
8The way of peace they do not know,
and there is no justice in their paths;
they have made their roads crooked;
# ch. 48:22; 57:21 no one who treads on them knows peace.
9Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not overtake us;
# [ver. 11; ch. 60:2] we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 #
Deut. 28:29; Job 5:14; 12:25; See ch. 42:18-20 We grope for the wall like the blind;
we grope like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
# [1 Cor. 4:9, 10] among those in full vigor we are like dead men.
11We all growl like bears;
# ch. 38:14 we moan and moan like doves;
# [ver. 9; ch. 46:13; 56:1] we hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
12For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
and we know our iniquities:
13transgressing, and denying the Lord,
and turning back from following our God,
# [ver. 3, 4] speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
Judgment and Redemption
14 # [ch. 51:4, 5] Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
15Truth is lacking,
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him#59:15 Hebrew and it was evil in his eyes
that there was no justice.
16 # [ch. 51:18; 63:5] 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 #
1 Thess. 5:8; See Eph. 6:13-17 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 #[ch. 9:7]zeal as a cloak.
18 # ch. 63:4, 6 According to their deeds, so will he repay,
wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies;
# [ch. 41:1, 5] to the coastlands he will render repayment.
19 # [Ps. 113:3] So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
# [ch. 30:27, 28] for he will come like a rushing stream,#59:19 Hebrew a narrow river
which the wind of the Lord drives.
20 # Cited Rom. 11:26, 27; [ch. 40:9; Joel 2:32] “And #ch. 43:14a Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord.
21“And as for me, #Jer. 31:31; Heb. 8:10; 10:16 this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, #ch. 51:16; [Deut. 4:10]and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”
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Isaiah 59
59
1Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save;
nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
2But your iniquities have separated you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
3For your hands are defiled with blood,
and your fingers with iniquity.
Your lips have spoken lies.
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
4No one sues in righteousness,
and no one pleads in truth.
They trust in vanity
and speak lies.
They conceive mischief
and give birth to iniquity.
5They hatch adders’ eggs
and weave the spider’s web.
He who eats of their eggs dies;
and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
6Their webs won’t become garments.
They won’t cover themselves with their works.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and acts of violence are in their hands.
7Their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity.
Desolation and destruction are in their paths.
8They don’t know the way of peace;
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made crooked paths for themselves;
whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
9Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness doesn’t overtake us.
We look for light, but see darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
10We grope for the wall like the blind.
Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes.
We stumble at noon as if it were twilight.
Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
11We all roar like bears
and moan sadly like doves.
We look for justice, but there is none,
for salvation, but it is far off from us.
12For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
and our sins testify against us;
for our transgressions are with us,
and as for our iniquities, we know them:
13transgressing and denying Yahweh,
and turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14Justice is turned away backward,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has fallen in the street,
and uprightness can’t enter.
15Yes, truth is lacking;
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
Yahweh saw it,
and it displeased him that there was no justice.
16He saw that there was no man,
and wondered that there was no intercessor.
Therefore his own arm brought salvation to him;
and his righteousness sustained him.
17He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on his head.
He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
18According to their deeds,
he will repay as appropriate:
wrath to his adversaries,
recompense to his enemies.
He will repay the islands their due.
19So they will fear Yahweh’s name from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
for he will come as a rushing stream,
which Yahweh’s breath drives.
20“A Redeemer will come to Zion,
and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says Yahweh.
21“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”
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