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He clothed himself with a robe of vengeance and wrapped himself in a cloak of divine passion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/59.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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 zeal as a cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/59.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/59.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance <i>for</i> clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/59.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/59.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/59.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/59.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/59.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/59.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For He [the LORD] put on righteousness like a coat of armor, And salvation like a helmet on His head; He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And covered Himself with zeal [and great love for His people] as a cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/59.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He put on righteousness as body armor, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/59.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/59.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/59.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Justice was the LORD's armor; saving power was his helmet; anger and revenge were his clothes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/59.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/59.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He puts on righteousness like a coat of armor and a helmet of salvation on his head. He wears clothes of vengeance. He wraps himself with fury as a coat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/59.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He will wear justice like a coat of armor and saving power like a helmet. He will clothe himself with the strong desire to set things right and to punish and avenge the wrongs that people suffer. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/59.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury like a cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/59.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/59.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/59.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/59.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/59.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He 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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/59.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And He puts on righteousness as a breastplate, "" And a helmet of salvation on His head, "" And He puts on garments of vengeance [for] clothing, "" And is covered, as [with] an upper-robe, [with] zeal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/59.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And He putteth on righteousness as a breastplate, And an helmet of salvation on His head, And He putteth on garments of vengeance for clothing, And is covered, as with an upper-robe, with zeal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/59.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will put on justice as a coat of mail, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and be will put on robes of vengeance a garment, and he will clothe himself with zeal as an upper garment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/59.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/59.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He clothed himself with justice as with a breastplate, and with a helmet of salvation upon his head. He put on the vestments of vengeance, and he was covered with zeal as with a cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/59.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He put on justice as his breastplate, victory as a helmet on his head; He clothed himself with garments of vengeance, wrapped himself in a mantle of zeal. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/59.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury as in a mantle.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/59.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/59.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He wore righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head, and wore the garment of vengeance<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/59.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And He put on righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of salvation upon His head, And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/59.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/59-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=13187" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/59.htm">Sin Separates Us from God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>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. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3847.htm" title="3847: way·yil·baš (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Or labesh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. to put on a garment or clothe, literally or figuratively.">He put on</a> <a href="/hebrew/6666.htm" title="6666: ṣə·ḏā·qāh (N-fs) -- Righteousness. From tsadaq; rightness, subjectively, objectively, morally or figuratively.">righteousness</a> <a href="/hebrew/8302.htm" title="8302: kaš·šir·yān (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Body armor. Or shiryon; and shiryan; also shiryah; and shiryonah; from sharah in the original sense of turning; a corslet.">like a breastplate,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3553.htm" title="3553: wə·ḵō·w·ḇa‘ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Helmet. From an unused root meaning to be high or rounded; a helmet.">and the helmet</a> <a href="/hebrew/3444.htm" title="3444: yə·šū·‘āh (N-fs) -- Salvation. Feminine passive participle of yasha'; something saved, i.e. deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity.">of salvation</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: bə·rō·šōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">on His head;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3847.htm" title="3847: way·yil·baš (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Or labesh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. to put on a garment or clothe, literally or figuratively.">He put on</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: biḡ·ḏê (N-mpc) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">garments</a> <a href="/hebrew/8516.htm" title="8516: til·bō·šeṯ (N-fs) -- Raiment. From labash; a garment."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5359.htm" title="5359: nā·qām (N-ms) -- Vengeance. From naqam; revenge.">of vengeance</a> <a href="/hebrew/5844.htm" title="5844: way·ya·‘aṭ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself. A primitive root; to wrap, i.e. Cover, veil, cloth, or roll.">and wrapped Himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/4598.htm" title="4598: kam·‘îl (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A robe. From ma'al in the sense of covering; a robe.">in a cloak</a> <a href="/hebrew/7068.htm" title="7068: qin·’āh (N-fs) -- Ardor, zeal, jealousy. From qana'; jealousy or envy.">of zeal.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-13.htm">Ephesians 6:13-17</a></span><br />Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. / Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed, / and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-8.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:8</a></span><br />But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12</a></span><br />The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-7.htm">2 Corinthians 6:7</a></span><br />in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-25.htm">Romans 3:25-26</a></span><br />God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand. / He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-9.htm">Psalm 132:9</a></span><br />May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/29-14.htm">Job 29:14</a></span><br />I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">2 Corinthians 10:4-5</a></span><br />The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. / We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/3-4.htm">Zechariah 3:4-5</a></span><br />So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.” / Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">1 Peter 1:13</a></span><br />Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45</a></span><br />But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/93-1.htm">Psalm 93:1</a></span><br />The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-2.htm">Psalm 35:2</a></span><br />Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-41.htm">2 Chronicles 6:41</a></span><br />Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.</p><p class="hdg">he put on righteousness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-5.htm">Isaiah 11:5</a></b></br> And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a></b></br> Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. <i>Art</i> thou not it that hath cut Rahab, <i>and</i> wounded the dragon?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/29-14.htm">Job 29:14</a></b></br> I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment <i>was</i> as a robe and a diadem.</p><p class="hdg">the garments</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-35.htm">Deuteronomy 32:35-43</a></b></br> To me <i>belongeth</i> vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in <i>due</i> time: for the day of their calamity <i>is</i> at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/94-1.htm">Psalm 94:1</a></b></br> O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8</a></b></br> In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:</p><p class="hdg">with zeal</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-7.htm">Isaiah 9:7</a></b></br> Of the increase of <i>his</i> government and peace <i>there shall be</i> no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Isaiah 63:15</a></b></br> Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where <i>is</i> thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Psalm 69:9</a></b></br> For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/22-6.htm">Breastplate</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-8.htm">Breast-Plate</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">Clad</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Cloak</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-16.htm">Cloke</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-8.htm">Coat</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-16.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-22.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Head</a> <a href="/proverbs/4-9.htm">Head-Dress</a> <a href="/psalms/108-8.htm">Helmet</a> <a href="/job/41-13.htm">Mail</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-7.htm">Mantle</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-17.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-13.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Vengeance</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-7.htm">Wrapped</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Zeal</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/46-3.htm">Breastplate</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-14.htm">Breast-Plate</a> <a href="/nahum/2-3.htm">Clad</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-12.htm">Cloak</a> <a href="/matthew/5-40.htm">Cloke</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-3.htm">Coat</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-16.htm">Head</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-3.htm">Head-Dress</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-24.htm">Helmet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-4.htm">Mail</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Mantle</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-17.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-2.htm">Vengeance</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-43.htm">Wrapped</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-15.htm">Zeal</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 59</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Calamities are not due to lack of saving power in God, but to their own sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm">Salvation is only of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/59-20.htm">The covenant of the Redeemer</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/59.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/59.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He put on righteousness like a breastplate</b><br>This imagery of a breastplate signifies protection and moral integrity. In ancient warfare, a breastplate was essential for safeguarding vital organs, symbolizing how righteousness protects the believer's heart and soul. This concept is echoed in <a href="/ephesians/6-14.htm">Ephesians 6:14</a>, where Paul instructs believers to wear the "breastplate of righteousness" as part of the armor of God. The righteousness here is not self-derived but is imputed by God, reflecting His character and justice. This phrase also connects to the Messianic role of Christ, who embodies perfect righteousness and offers it to believers.<p><b>and the helmet of salvation on His head</b><br>The helmet represents salvation, offering protection for the mind against doubt and despair. In the context of Isaiah, this salvation is both immediate and eschatological, pointing to deliverance from sin and ultimate redemption. The Apostle Paul also uses this imagery in <a href="/ephesians/6-17.htm">Ephesians 6:17</a> and <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-8.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:8</a>, emphasizing the assurance and hope that salvation provides. This helmet signifies the security and confidence believers have in God's saving power, which is fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Savior.<p><b>He put on garments of vengeance</b><br>The garments of vengeance indicate God's role as a just judge who will repay evil and uphold justice. This reflects the divine retribution against sin and the vindication of His people. In the cultural context of Isaiah's time, vengeance was often associated with divine intervention to restore order and righteousness. This phrase foreshadows the final judgment and the establishment of God's kingdom, where Christ will execute justice (<a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-16</a>).<p><b>and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal</b><br>The cloak of zeal signifies God's passionate commitment to His purposes and His people. Zeal here is an intense, fervent devotion to righteousness and justice. This imagery suggests that God's actions are driven by His love and commitment to His covenant. In the New Testament, Jesus' zeal for God's house is evident in <a href="/john/2-17.htm">John 2:17</a>, fulfilling the prophecy of <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Psalm 69:9</a>. This zeal underscores the active and dynamic nature of God's involvement in human history, culminating in the redemptive work of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, depicted as a divine warrior preparing for battle against injustice and sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivers this message, addressing the spiritual and moral state of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom Isaiah is prophesying, often struggling with sin and in need of divine intervention.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/divine_armor.htm">Divine Armor</a></b><br>Symbolic elements representing God's attributes and actions in response to sin and injustice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The broader context of the battle between righteousness and sin, both in the physical and spiritual realms.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/righteousness_as_protection.htm">Righteousness as Protection</a></b><br>Just as a breastplate protects a soldier's heart, righteousness guards our spiritual lives. We are called to live uprightly, reflecting God's character in our actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/salvation_as_assurance.htm">Salvation as Assurance</a></b><br>The helmet of salvation signifies the assurance and hope we have in Christ. It protects our minds from doubt and fear, reminding us of our eternal security.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/vengeance_and_justice.htm">Vengeance and Justice</a></b><br>God's garments of vengeance remind us that He is a just God who will right all wrongs. We are to trust in His justice rather than seeking revenge ourselves.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/z/zeal_for_god's_purposes.htm">Zeal for God's Purposes</a></b><br>Being wrapped in zeal signifies a passionate commitment to God's purposes. We are encouraged to be fervent in our faith and service, reflecting God's zeal in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_readiness.htm">Spiritual Readiness</a></b><br>The imagery of divine armor calls us to be spiritually prepared for the battles we face. We must equip ourselves with God's truth and power to stand firm against evil.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_59.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 59</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_breastplate_of_righteousness.htm">What is the Breastplate of Righteousness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_comprises_the_full_armor_of_god.htm">What comprises the Full Armor of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jesus_both_forgive_and_whip.htm">Why does Jesus say 'turn the other cheek' (Matthew 5:39) but then violently cleanse the temple with a whip (John 2:15)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_goal_of_righteous_teaching.htm">What does the Lord's zeal mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/59.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">He put on righteousness . . .</span>--The close parallelism with Isaiah 11 points, as far as it goes, to identity of authorship; and that with <a href="/context/ephesians/6-14.htm" title="Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;">Ephesians 6:14-17</a> suggests a new significance for St. Paul's "whole armour of God."<p><span class= "bld">The garments of vengeance . . .</span>--As parts of a warrior's dress the "garments" are the short tunic, or tabard, which hung over the breast-plate; the "cloke" the scarlet mantle (the <span class= "ital">chlamys </span>of the Roman soldier), its colour probably making it a fit symbol of the zeal of Jehovah.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/59.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He put on righteousness as a breastplate</span>. The Isaiah anthropomorphism is far less gross than the Homeric. The gods in Homer put on actual armour, and take sword and shield. Jehovah arms himself for the battle in a way that is manifestly metaphoric. He puts on a "Divine panoply" - righteousness as his breastplate, salvation as his helmet, vengeance for garments, and zeal, or jealousy, for a cloak. He takes no offensive weapons - "the out-breathing of his Spirit (ver. 19) is enough" (Kay). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/59-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He put on</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּלְבַּ֤שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yil·baš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3847.htm">Strong's 3847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">righteousness</span><br /><span class="heb">צְדָקָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḏā·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6666.htm">Strong's 6666: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rightness, subjectively, objectively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a breastplate,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּשִּׁרְיָ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(kaš·šir·yān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8302.htm">Strong's 8302: </a> </span><span class="str2">Body armor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the helmet</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכ֥וֹבַע</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵō·w·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3553.htm">Strong's 3553: </a> </span><span class="str2">A helmet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of salvation</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשׁוּעָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šū·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3444.htm">Strong's 3444: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on His head;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rō·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He put on</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּלְבַּ֞שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yil·baš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3847.htm">Strong's 3847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">garments</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּגְדֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(biḡ·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of vengeance</span><br /><span class="heb">נָקָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(nā·qām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5359.htm">Strong's 5359: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vengeance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and wrapped Himself</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֥עַט</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5844.htm">Strong's 5844: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a cloak</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּמְעִ֖יל</span> <span class="translit">(kam·‘îl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4598.htm">Strong's 4598: </a> </span><span class="str2">A robe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of zeal.</span><br /><span class="heb">קִנְאָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(qin·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7068.htm">Strong's 7068: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ardor, zeal, jealousy</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/59-17.htm">Isaiah 59:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/59-17.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 59:17 He put on righteousness as a breastplate (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 59:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 59:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 59:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 59:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>