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20 Then for Zion shall come a redeemer,
    to those in Jacob who turn from transgression—oracle of the Lord.(A)
21 [a]This is my covenant with them,
    which I myself have made, says the Lord:
My spirit which is upon you
    and my words that I have put in your mouth
Shall not depart from your mouth,
    nor from the mouths of your children
Nor the mouths of your children’s children
    from this time forth and forever, says the Lord.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 59:21 This verse makes the transition from chaps. 56–59 to chaps. 60–62. Oracles of judgment yield to oracles about God’s redemptive action.

20 “The Redeemer(A) will come to Zion,(B)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(C)
declares the Lord.

21 “As for me, this is my covenant(D) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(E) who is on you, will not depart from you,(F) and my words that I have put in your mouth(G) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.

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