Isaiah 59:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 59:9

7 ^aTheir feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed ^binnocent blood;
^cTheir thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
Wasting and ^ddestruction are in their paths.

8 The way of ^apeace they have not known,
And there is no justice in their ways;
^bThey have made themselves crooked paths;
Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.

Sin Confessed

9 Therefore justice is far from us,
Nor does righteousness overtake us;
^aWe look for light, but there is darkness!
For brightness, but we walk in blackness!

10 ^aWe grope for the wall like the blind,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places.

11 We all growl like bears,
And ^amoan sadly like doves;
We look for justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.

12 For our ^atransgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And as for our iniquities, we know them:

13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering ^afrom the heart words of falsehood.

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.

19 ^aSo shall they fear
The name of the Lord from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun;
When the enemy comes in ^blike a flood,
The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.

20 “The^a Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,”
Says the Lord.

21 “As^a for Me,” says the Lord, “this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants,” says the Lord, “from this time and forevermore.”

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Definitions of words in Isaiah 59:9:

Brightness {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Justice {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Justice {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Light {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Light {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Look {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Righteousness {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Righteousness {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Walk {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

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