Isaiah 59:16

Isaiah 59:16

14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.

15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a ^aprey.
Then the Lord saw it, and¹ it displeased Him
That there was no justice.

The Redeemer of Zion

16 ^aHe saw that there was no man,
And ^bwondered that there was no intercessor;
^cTherefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.

17 ^aFor He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing,
And was clad with zeal as a cloak.

18 ^aAccording to their deeds, accordingly He will repay,
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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no man—namely, to atone by his righteousness for the unrighteousness of the people. "Man" is emphatic, as in I Kings 2:2; no representative man able to retrieve the cause of fallen men (Isaiah 41:28; Isaiah 63:5-6; Jeremiah 5:1; Ezekiel 22:30).

no intercessor—no one to interpose, "to help . . . uphold" (Isaiah 63:5).

his arm— (Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 51:5). Not man's arm, but His alone (Psalms 98:1; Psalms 44:3).

his righteousness—the "arm" of Messiah. He won the victory for us, not by mere might as God, but by His invincible righteousness, as man having "the Spirit without measure" (Isaiah 11:5; Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 42:21; Isaiah 51:8; Isaiah 53:11; I John 2:1).

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 59:16:**

Job 40:14
Isaiah 42:21
Isaiah 53:12
Isaiah 58:14
Isaiah 63:5
Jeremiah 18:20
Zechariah 13:7

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