Isaiah 59:19-21

59:19 In the west, people respect ¹  the Lord’s reputation; ² 

in the east they recognize his splendor. ³ 

For he comes like a rushing ⁴  stream

driven on by wind sent from the Lord. ⁵ 

59:20 “A protector ⁶  comes to Zion,

to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” ⁷  says the Lord.

59:21 “As for me, this is my promise to ⁸  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,” ⁹  says the Lord.

[59:19]  ¹ tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read “see.”

[59:19]  ² tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”

[59:19]  ³ tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”

[59:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”

[59:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).

[59:20]  ⁶ tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[59:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “and to those who turn from rebellion in Jacob.”

[59:21]  ⁸ tn Or “my covenant with” (so many English versions); NCV “my agreement with.”

[59:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “from now and on into the future.”