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href="../isaiah/58.htm" title="Isaiah 58">◄</a> Isaiah 59 <a href="../isaiah/60.htm" title="Isaiah 60">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/isaiah/59.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Sin, Confession and Redemption</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Surely the arm of the <span class="name">Lord</span> is not too short to save,</p><p class="line2">nor his ear too dull to hear.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But your iniquities have separated</p><p class="line2">you from your God;</p><p class="line1">your sins have hidden his face from you,</p><p class="line2">so that he will not hear.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For your hands are stained with blood,</p><p class="line2">your fingers with guilt.</p><p class="line1">Your lips have spoken falsely,</p><p class="line2">and your tongue mutters wicked things.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>No one calls for justice;</p><p class="line2">no one pleads a case with integrity.</p><p class="line1">They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies;</p><p class="line2">they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They hatch the eggs of vipers</p><p class="line2">and spin a spider’s web.</p><p class="line1">Whoever eats their eggs will die,</p><p class="line2">and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;</p><p class="line2">they cannot cover themselves with what they make.</p><p class="line1">Their deeds are evil deeds,</p><p class="line2">and acts of violence are in their hands.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Their feet rush into sin;</p><p class="line2">they are swift to shed innocent blood.</p><p class="line1">They pursue evil schemes;</p><p class="line2">acts of violence mark their ways.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The way of peace they do not know;</p><p class="line2">there is no justice in their paths.</p><p class="line1">They have turned them into crooked roads;</p><p class="line2">no one who walks along them will know peace.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So justice is far from us,</p><p class="line2">and righteousness does not reach us.</p><p class="line1">We look for light, but all is darkness;</p><p class="line2">for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Like the blind we grope along the wall,</p><p class="line2">feeling our way like people without eyes.</p><p class="line1">At midday we stumble as if it were twilight;</p><p class="line2">among the strong, we are like the dead.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We all growl like bears;</p><p class="line2">we moan mournfully like doves.</p><p class="line1">We look for justice, but find none;</p><p class="line2">for deliverance, but it is far away.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For our offenses are many in your sight,</p><p class="line2">and our sins testify against us.</p><p class="line1">Our offenses are ever with us,</p><p class="line2">and we acknowledge our iniquities:</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>rebellion and treachery against the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">turning our backs on our God,</p><p class="line1">inciting revolt and oppression,</p><p class="line2">uttering lies our hearts have conceived.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So justice is driven back,</p><p class="line2">and righteousness stands at a distance;</p><p class="line1">truth has stumbled in the streets,</p><p class="line2">honesty cannot enter.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Truth is nowhere to be found,</p><p class="line2">and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">The <span class="name">Lord</span> looked and was displeased</p><p class="line2">that there was no justice.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He saw that there was no one,</p><p class="line2">he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;</p><p class="line1">so his own arm achieved salvation for him,</p><p class="line2">and his own righteousness sustained him.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He put on righteousness as his breastplate,</p><p class="line2">and the helmet of salvation on his head;</p><p class="line1">he put on the garments of vengeance</p><p class="line2">and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>According to what they have done,</p><p class="line2">so will he repay</p><p class="line1">wrath to his enemies</p><p class="line2">and retribution to his foes;</p><p class="line2">he will repay the islands their due.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>From the west, people will fear the name of the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.</p><p class="line1">For he will come like a pent-up flood</p><p class="line2">that the breath of the <span class="name">Lord</span> drives along. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or When enemies come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will put them to flight">a</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“The Redeemer will come to Zion,</p><p class="line2">to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”</p><p class="attribution">declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/59-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the <span class="name">Lord</span>. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>When enemies come in like a flood,<br />     the Spirit of the 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