And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
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
And bwondered that there was no intercessor;
cTherefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
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.
Fury to His adversaries,
Recompense to His enemies;
The coastlands He will fully repay.
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.
And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,”
Says the Lord.
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Isaiah 59:16
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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