Isaiah
59
Surely the arm of the
Lord is not too short to save,
Nor his ear too dull to
hear.
2 But your iniquities
have separated you from your God;
Your sins have hidden
his face from you,
So that he will not
hear.
3 For your hands are
stained with blood,
Your fingers with
guilt.
Your lips have spoken
lies,
And your tongue mutters
wicked things.
4 No one calls for
justice;
No one pleads his case
with integrity.
They rely on empty
arguments and speak lies;
They conceive trouble
and give birth to evil.
5 They hatch the eggs
of vipers
And spin a spiders web.
Whoever eats their eggs
will die,
And when one is broken,
and adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are
useless for clothing;
They cannot cover
themselves with what they make.
Their deeds are evil
deeds,
And acts of violence
are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into
sin;
They are swift to shed
innocent blood.
Their thoughts are evil
thoughts;
Ruin and destruction
mark their ways.
8 The way of peace they
do not know;
There is no justice in
their paths.
They have turned them
into crooked roads;
No one who walks in
them will know peace.
9 So justice is far
from us,
And righteousness does
not reach us.
We look for light, but
all is darkness;
10 Like the blind we
grope along the wall,
Feeling our way like
men without eyes.
At midday we stumble as
if it were twilight;
Among the strong, we
are like the dead.
11 We all growl like
bears;
We moan mournfully like
doves.
We look for justice,
but find none;
For deliverance, but it
is far away.
12 For our offenses are
many in Your sight,
And our sins testify
against us.
Our offenses are ever
with us
And we acknowledge our
iniquities:
13 REBELLION AND
TREACHERY AGAINST THE LORD,
Turning our backs on
our God,
Fomenting oppression
and revolt,
Uttering lies our
hearts have conceived.
14 SO JUSTICE AND
RIGHEOUSNESS
STANDS AT A
DISTANCE;
Truth has stumbled in
the streets, honesty cannot enter.
15 TRUTH IS NOWHERE
TO BE FOUND,
And whoever shuns evil
becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was
displeased
That there was no
justice.
16 He saw that there
was no one,
He was appalled that
there was no one to intercede;
SO HIS OWN ARM
WORKED SALVATION FOR HIM,
And his own
righteousness sustained him.
17 He put on
Righteousness as His Breastplate,
And the Helmet of
Salvation on His head;
HE PUT ON GARMENTS
OF VENGEANCE
And wrapped Himself in
Zeal as in a Cloak.
18 According to what
they have done,
SO WILL HE REPAY
WRATH TO HIS ENEMIES
AND RETRIBUTION TO
HIS FOES;
He will repay the
islands their due.
19 From the west, men
will fear the name of the Lord,
And from the rising of
the sun, they will revere his glory.
FOR HE WILL COME
LIKE A PENT-UP FLOOD
That the breath of the
Lord drives along.
20 'The Redeemer will
come to Zion,
To those in Jacob who
repent of their sins,' declares the Lord.
21 'As for me, this
is My Covenant with them,' says the Lord.
'My Spirit, Who is
on you,
And My words that I
have put in your mouth
Will not depart from
your mouth,
Or from the mouths
of your children,
Or from the mouths
of their descendants
From this time on
and forever,'
Says the Lord.
[In spite of the
condition of the World and the Rebellious Church,
Zion, the Bride of
Christ remains true to God,
And God will redeem
Zion, the Israel of God, the Bride of Christ;
Those who have repented
of their sins.
God made a Covenant
with Zion;
His Spirit is on them
And He has put His
words in their mouth
And those words will
never depart from them,
Their children and
their descendants, forever.]
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