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Isaiah 59
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Isaiah 59 . 1
1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:1
Isaiah 59 . 2
2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:2
Isaiah 59 . 3
3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:3
Isaiah 59 . 4
4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:4
Isaiah 59 . 5
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:5
Isaiah 59 . 6
6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:6
Isaiah 59 . 7
7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:7
Isaiah 59 . 8
8 The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:8
Isaiah 59 . 9
9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:9
Isaiah 59 . 10
10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:10
Isaiah 59 . 11
11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:11
Isaiah 59 . 12
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:12
Isaiah 59 . 13
13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:13
Isaiah 59 . 14
14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.CIsaiah 59:1-21 Isaiah 59:14-17TOSKIsaiah 59:14
Isaiah 59 . 15
15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.CIsaiah 59:1-21 Isaiah 59:14-17TOSKIsaiah 59:15
Isaiah 59 . 16
16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.CIsaiah 59:1-21 Isaiah 59:14-17TOSKIsaiah 59:16TTGolden Calf (Idolatry and Intercession)LTDivine Warrior
Isaiah 59 . 17
17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.IPEphesians 6:10-17CIsaiah 59:1-21 Isaiah 59:14-17TOSKIsaiah 59:17TTDivine Warrior (God Who Fights)
Isaiah 59 . 18
18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:18
Isaiah 59 . 19
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:19
Isaiah 59 . 20
20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.IPRomans 11:26-27CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:20
Isaiah 59 . 21
21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.IPJoel 2:28CIsaiah 59:1-21TOSKIsaiah 59:21