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<a href ="../psalms/53.htm">Psalm 53:1–6</a>; <a href ="../romans/3.htm#9">Romans 3:9–20</a>)</span><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, <p class="indent2"> nor His ear too dull to hear. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But your iniquities have built barriers <p class="indent2"> between you and your God, <p class="indent1"> and your sins have hidden His face from you, <p class="indent2"> so that He does not hear. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For your hands are stained with blood, <p class="indent2"> and your fingers with iniquity; <p class="indent1"> your lips have spoken lies, <p class="indent2"> and your tongue mutters injustice. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>No one calls for justice; <p class="indent2"> no one pleads his case honestly. <p class="indent1"> They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; <p class="indent2"> they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They hatch the eggs of vipers <p class="indent2"> and weave a spider’s web. <p class="indent1"> Whoever eats their eggs will die; <p class="indent2"> crack one open, and a viper is hatched. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, <p class="indent2"> and they cannot cover themselves with their works. <p class="indent1"> Their deeds are sinful deeds, <p class="indent2"> and acts of violence are in their hands. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Their feet run to evil; <p class="indent2"> they are swift to shed innocent blood. <p class="indent1"> Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; <p class="indent2"> ruin and destruction<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> lie in their wake. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The way of peace they have not known,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and there is no justice in their tracks. <p class="indent1"> They have turned them into crooked paths; <p class="indent2"> no one who treads on them will know peace. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore justice is far from us, <p class="indent2"> and righteousness does not reach us. <p class="indent1"> We hope for light, but there is darkness; <p class="indent2"> for brightness, but we walk in gloom. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, <p class="indent2"> groping like those without eyes. <p class="indent1"> We stumble at midday as in the twilight; <p class="indent2"> among the vigorous we are like the dead. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We all growl like bears <p class="indent2"> and moan like doves. <p class="indent1"> We hope for justice, but find none, <p class="indent2"> for salvation, but it is far from us. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For our transgressions are multiplied before You, <p class="indent2"> and our sins testify against us. <p class="indent1"> Our transgressions are indeed with us, <p class="indent2"> and we know our iniquities: <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>rebelling and denying the LORD, <p class="indent2"> turning away from our God, <p class="indent1"> speaking oppression and revolt, <p class="indent2"> conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So justice is turned away, <p class="indent2"> and righteousness stands at a distance. <p class="indent1"> For truth has stumbled in the public square, <p class="indent2"> and honesty cannot enter. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Truth is missing, <p class="indent2"> and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. <p class="indent1stline"> The LORD looked and was displeased<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent2"> that there was no justice. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He saw that there was no man; <p class="indent2"> He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. <p class="indent1"> So His own arm brought salvation, <p class="indent2"> and His own righteousness sustained Him. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He put on righteousness like a breastplate, <p class="indent2"> and the helmet of salvation on His head; <p class="indent1"> He put on garments of vengeance <p class="indent2"> and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal. <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">The Covenant of the Redeemer<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So He will repay according to their deeds: <p class="indent2"> fury to His enemies, <p class="indent2"> retribution to His foes, <p class="indent2"> and recompense to the islands.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So shall they fear the name of the LORD <p class="indent2"> where the sun sets, <p class="indent2"> and His glory where it rises. <p class="indent1"> For He will come like a raging flood, <p class="indent2"> driven by the breath of the LORD.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“The Redeemer will come to Zion, <p class="indent2"> to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span>” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/59-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> 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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> LXX <i>misery</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/3.htm#15">Romans 3:15</a>–17<br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Hebrew <i>and it was evil in His eyes</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>coastlands</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>When the enemy comes like a raging flood, the Spirit of the LORD will drive him back</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> LXX <i>to remove godlessness from Jacob</i>; cited in <a href="../romans/11.htm#26">Romans 11:26</a><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/11.htm#27">Romans 11:27</a><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Literally <i>My Spirit, who is upon you,</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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