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Text -- Isaiah 59:3-21 (NET)
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59:3 For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin ; your lips speak lies , your tongue utters malicious words .
59:4 No one is concerned about justice ; no one sets forth his case truthfully . They depend on false words and tell lies ; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin .
59:5 They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider’s web . Whoever eats their eggs will die , a poisonous snake is hatched .
59:6 Their webs cannot be used for clothing ; they cannot cover themselves with what they make . Their deeds are sinful ; they commit violent crimes.
59:7 They are eager to do evil , quick to shed innocent blood . Their thoughts are sinful ; they crush and destroy .
59:8 They are unfamiliar with peace ; their deeds are unjust . They use deceitful methods , and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace .
Israel Confesses its Sin
59:9 For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light , but see only darkness ; we wait for a bright light , but live in deep darkness .
59:10 We grope along the wall like the blind , we grope like those who cannot see ; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening . Though others are strong , we are like dead men.
59:11 We all growl like bears , we coo mournfully like doves ; we wait for deliverance , but there is none , for salvation , but it is far from us.
59:12 For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds , and our sins testify against us; indeed , we are aware of our rebellious deeds ; we know our sins all too well.
59:13 We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord ; we turned back from following our God . We stir up oppression and rebellion ; we tell lies we concocted in our minds .
59:14 Justice is driven back ; godliness stands far off . Indeed , honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter .
59:15 Honesty has disappeared ; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed . The Lord watches and is displeased , for there is no justice .
The Lord Intervenes
59:16 He sees there is no advocate ; he is shocked that no one intervenes . So he takes matters into his own hands ; his desire for justice drives him on .
59:17 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 .
59:18 He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies . He repays the coastlands .
59:19 In the west , people respect the Lord’s reputation ; in the east they recognize his splendor . For he comes like a rushing stream driven on by wind sent from the Lord .
59:20 “A protector comes to Zion , to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds ,” says the Lord .
59:21 “As for me , this is my promise to them,” says the Lord . “My spirit , who is upon you, and my words , which I have placed in your mouth , will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward ,” says the Lord .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Isaiah, The Book of |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Isaiah |
Sin |
Truth |
Jesus, The Christ |
Wicked |
Conscience |
Repentance |
Spider |
Lies and Deceits |
Malice |
Quotations and Allusions |
Church |
Cockatrice |
Bear |
Viper |
Character |
Righteous |
ADDER |
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NET Notes -> Isa 59:4; Isa 59:4; Isa 59:4; Isa 59:5; Isa 59:6; Isa 59:7; Isa 59:7; Isa 59:7; Isa 59:8; Isa 59:8; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:10; Isa 59:10; Isa 59:11; Isa 59:12; Isa 59:12; Isa 59:13; Isa 59:13; Isa 59:14; Isa 59:14; Isa 59:15; Isa 59:16; Isa 59:16; Isa 59:16; Isa 59:16; Isa 59:17; Isa 59:17; Isa 59:17; Isa 59:17; Isa 59:18; Isa 59:18; Isa 59:19; Isa 59:19; Isa 59:19; Isa 59:19; Isa 59:19; Isa 59:20; Isa 59:20; Isa 59:21; Isa 59:21; Isa 59:21
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NET Notes: Isa 59:6 Heb “their deeds are deeds of sin, and the work of violence [is] in their hands.”
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NET Notes: Isa 59:7 Heb “their thoughts are thoughts of sin, destruction and crushing [are] in their roadways.”
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NET Notes: Isa 59:8 Heb “their paths they make crooked, everyone who walks in it does not know peace.”
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NET Notes: Isa 59:12 Heb “indeed [or “for”] our rebellious deeds (are) with us, and our sins, we know them.”
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NET Notes: Isa 59:19 Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” her...
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