{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":59,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/58","next":"isaiah/60","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor His ear too dull to hear."}],"h":"Sin Separates Us from God","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But your iniquities have built barriers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"between you and your God,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and your sins have hidden [His] face from you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that He does not hear."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For your hands are stained with blood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your fingers with iniquity;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"your lips have spoken lies,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your tongue mutters injustice."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"No one calls for justice;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no one pleads his case honestly."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They rely on empty [pleas]; they tell lies;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They hatch the eggs of vipers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and weave a spider’s web."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Whoever eats their eggs will die;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"crack one open, and a viper is hatched."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they cannot cover themselves with their works."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Their deeds are sinful deeds,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and acts of violence are in their hands."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.","f":["LXX misery"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Their feet run to evil;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are swift to shed innocent blood."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"ruin and destruction lie in their wake."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"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.","f":["Cited in Romans 3:15–17"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The way of peace they have not known,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and there is no justice in their tracks."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They have turned them into crooked paths;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no one who treads on them will know peace."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore justice is far from us,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and righteousness does not reach us."},{"style":"indent1","t":"We hope for light, but there is darkness;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for brightness, [but] we walk in gloom."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"groping like those without eyes."},{"style":"indent1","t":"We stumble at midday as in the twilight;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"among the vigorous we are like the dead."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but [find] none, for salvation, but it is far from us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"We all growl like bears"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and moan like doves."},{"style":"indent1","t":"We hope for justice, but [find] none,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for salvation, but it is far from us."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For our transgressions are multiplied before You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and our sins testify against us."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Our transgressions are indeed with us,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and we know our iniquities:"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"rebelling and denying the LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"turning away from our God,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"speaking oppression and revolt,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"conceiving and uttering lies from the heart."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So justice is turned away,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and righteousness stands at a distance."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For truth has stumbled in the public square,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and honesty cannot enter."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.","f":["Hebrew and it was evil in His eyes"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Truth is missing,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and whoever turns from evil becomes prey."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The LORD looked and was displeased"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that there was no justice."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He saw that there was no man;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He was amazed that there was no one to intercede."},{"style":"indent1","t":"So His own arm brought salvation,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and His own righteousness sustained Him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He put on righteousness like a breastplate,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the helmet of salvation on His head;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He put on garments of vengeance"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.","f":["Or coastlands"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So He will repay according to their deeds:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"fury to His enemies,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"retribution to His foes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and recompense to the islands."}],"h":"The Covenant of the Redeemer","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"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.","f":["Or When the enemy comes like a raging flood, the Spirit of the LORD will drive him back"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So shall they fear the name of the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"where the sun sets,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and His glory where [it] rises."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For He will come like a raging flood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"driven by the breath of the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"“ The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.","f":["LXX to remove godlessness from Jacob; cited in Romans 11:26"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ The Redeemer will come to Zion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"“ 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.","f":["Cited in Romans 11:27","Literally My Spirit, who is upon you,"],"style":"reg"}]}