1 No, the arm of Yahweh is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear,
2 but your guilty deeds have made a gulf between you and your God. Your sins have made him hide his face from you so as not to hear you,
3 since your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with guilt; your lips utter lies, your tongues murmur wickedness.
4 No one makes upright accusations or pleads sincerely. All rely on empty words, utter falsehood, conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5 They are hatching adders' eggs and weaving a spider's web; eat one of their eggs and you die, crush one and a viper emerges.
6 Their webs are useless for clothing, their deeds are useless for wearing; their deeds are deeds of guilt, violence fills their hands.
7 Their feet run to do evil; they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of guilt, wherever they go there is havoc and ruin.
8 They do not know the way of peace, there is no fair judgement in their course, they have made their own crooked paths, and no one treading them knows any peace.
9 Thus fair judgement is remote from us nor can uprightness overtake us. We looked for light and all is darkness, for brightness and we walk in gloom.
10 Like the blind we feel our way along walls, we grope our way like people without eyes. We stumble as though noon were twilight, among the robust we are like the dead.
11 We growl, all of us, like bears, like doves we make no sound but moaning, waiting for the fair judgement that never comes, for salvation, but that is far away.
12 How often we have rebelled against you and our sins bear witness against us. Our rebellious acts are indeed with us, we are well aware of our guilt:
13 rebellion and denial of Yahweh, turning our back on our God, talking violence and revolt, murmuring lies in our heart.
14 Fair judgement is driven away and saving justice stands aloof, for good faith has stumbled in the street and sincerity cannot enter.
15 Good faith has vanished; anyone abstaining from evil is victimised. Yahweh saw this and was displeased that there was no fair judgement.
16 He saw there was no one and wondered there was no one to intervene. So he made his own arm his mainstay, his own saving justice his support.
17 He put on saving justice like a breastplate, on his head the helmet of salvation. He put on the clothes of vengeance like a tunic and wrapped himself in jealousy like a cloak.
18 To each he repays his due, retribution to his enemies, reprisals on his foes, to the coasts and islands he will repay their due.
19 From the west, Yahweh's name will be feared, and from the east, his glory, for he will come like a pent-up stream impelled by the breath of Yahweh.
20 Then for Zion will come a redeemer, for those who stop rebelling in Jacob, declares Yahweh.
21 'For my part, this is my covenant with them, says Yahweh. My spirit with which I endowed you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, will not leave your mouth, or the mouths of your children, or the mouths of your children's children, says Yahweh, henceforth and for ever.'
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Isaiah 59 talks about the consequences of sin and the need for repentance to restore the relationship of the people with God. The chapter highlights how iniquity and injustice remove people from God and cause their wrath. However, the Lord still offers his arm to save and his spirit to transform. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Isaiah 59:
Psalm 51:3-4: "For I recognize my iniquity and I always have before me my sin. Against you, only against you, I have sinned and practiced what is evil to your eyes; so you are fair to pronounce the sentence And without disapproving you I get the punishment. " This Psalm of David reflects the spirit of repentance that is emphasized in Isaiah 59. David recognizes his iniquity and guilt, and cries to God for mercy and forgiveness.
Ezekiel 18:30-31: "Therefore, O nation of Israel, I will judge each of you according to your procedure. Repent! Go away from all your sins, so that sin does not lead them to ruin . " This verse of Ezekiel talks about the need for regret to avoid the ruin caused by sin. This reflects Isaiah's central message 59 on the importance of repentance to restore the relationship of the people with God.
Isaiah 1:16-17: "WASH, Purify yourself! Remove from my view the evil of your actions! Stop doing evil, learn to do good! Seek justice, end up with oppression. From the orphan, defend the cause of the widow. " This verse highlights the importance of justice and righteousness as an expression of true faith in God. This is related to the theme of Isaiah 59 on the need to abandon iniquity and injustice to restore relationship with God.
Proverbs 28:13: "He who hides his sins does not prosper, but who confesses and abandons them finds mercy." This verse highlights the importance of confessing and abandoning sins to find God's mercy. This is related to the theme of Isaiah 59 on the need for repentance to restore the relationship of the people with God.
1 John 1:9: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all injustice." This verse highlights God's faithfulness and righteousness to forgive and purify those who confess their sins. This is related to the central message of Isaiah 59 on the need for repentance to restore the relationship of the people with God.
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