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 therewas no justice.
The Redeemer of Zion
16aHe saw that therewas no man, And bwondered that therewas no intercessor; cTherefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
17aFor 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.
18aAccording to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay.
19aSo 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 “Thea Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” Says the Lord.
21 “Asa 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.”
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 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).
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