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Isaiah 59-63
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 59-63
New American Standard Bible
Separation from God
59 Behold, (A)the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
(B)Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.
2 But your (C)wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His [a]face from you so that He does (D)not hear.
3 For your (E)hands are defiled with blood,
And your fingers with wrongdoing;
Your lips have spoken (F)deceit,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 (G)No one sues righteously and (H)no one pleads [b]honestly.
They (I)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They (J)conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.
5 They hatch vipers’ eggs and (K)weave the spider’s web;
The one who eats of their eggs dies,
And from what is crushed, a snake breaks out.
6 Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they (L)cover themselves with their works;
Their (M)works are works of wrongdoing,
And an (N)act of violence is in their [c]hands.
7 (O)Their feet run to evil,
And they hurry to shed innocent blood;
(P)Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing,
Devastation and destruction are in their paths.
8 They do not know the (Q)way of peace,
And there is (R)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
(S)Whoever walks on [d]them does not know peace.
A Confession of Wickedness
9 Therefore (T)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not reach us;
We (U)hope for light, but there is darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 We (V)grope for the wall like people who are blind,
We grope like those who have no eyes.
We (W)stumble at midday as in the twilight;
Among those who are healthy we are (X)like the dead.
11 All of us growl like bears,
And (Y)moan sadly like doves;
We hope for (Z)justice, but there is none;
For salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our (AA)wrongful acts have multiplied before You,
And our (AB)sins have testified against us;
For our wrongful acts are with us,
And [e]we know our wrongdoings:
13 [f]Offending and (AC)denying the Lord,
And turning away from our God,
Speaking (AD)oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and (AE)uttering lying words from the heart.
14 (AF)Justice is turned back,
And (AG)righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking,
And one who turns aside from evil (AH)makes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was [g]displeasing in His sight (AI)that there was no justice.
16 And He saw that there was (AJ)no one,
And was amazed that there was not one to intercede;
Then His (AK)own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.
17 He put on (AL)righteousness like a breastplate,
And a (AM)helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on (AN)garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with (AO)zeal as a cloak.
18 (AP)According to their deeds, [h]so will He repay:
Wrath to His adversaries, [i]retribution to His enemies;
To the coastlands He will [j]deal [k]retribution.
19 So they will fear the name of the Lord from the (AQ)west
And His glory from the (AR)rising of the sun,
For He will (AS)come like a [l]rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.
20 “A (AT)Redeemer will come to Zion,
And to those in Jacob who (AU)turn from wrongdoing,” declares the Lord.
21 “As for Me, this is My (AV)covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My (AW)Spirit who is upon you, and My (AX)words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your [m]offspring, nor from the mouth of your [n]offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”
A Glorified Zion
60 “(AY)Arise, shine; for your (AZ)light has come,
And the (BA)glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, (BB)darkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you
And His (BC)glory will appear upon you.
3 (BD)Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 “(BE)Raise your eyes all around and see;
They all gather together, they (BF)come to you.
Your sons will come from afar,
And your (BG)daughters will be [o]carried on the hip.
5 Then you will see and be (BH)radiant,
And your heart will [p]thrill and rejoice;
Because the [q](BI)abundance of the sea will be turned to you,
The (BJ)wealth of the nations will come to you.
6 A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and (BK)Ephah;
All those from (BL)Sheba will come;
They will bring (BM)gold and frankincense,
And (BN)proclaim good news of the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of (BO)Kedar will be gathered to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
They will go up on My (BP)altar with acceptance,
And I will (BQ)glorify My glorious house.
8 (BR)Who are these who fly like a cloud
And like the doves to their windows?
9 Certainly the (BS)coastlands will wait for Me;
And the (BT)ships of Tarshish will come first,
To (BU)bring your sons from afar,
Their silver and their gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
And for the Holy One of Israel because He has (BV)glorified you.
10 “(BW)Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their (BX)kings will serve you;
For in My (BY)wrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
11 Your (BZ)gates will be open continually;
They will not be closed day or night,
So that people may (CA)bring you the wealth of the nations,
With (CB)their kings led in procession.
12 For the (CC)nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations will be utterly ruined.
13 The (CD)glory of Lebanon will come to you,
The (CE)juniper, the elm tree and the [r]cedar together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I will make the (CF)place of My feet glorious.
14 The (CG)sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet;
And they will call you the (CH)city of the Lord,
The (CI)Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Whereas you have been (CJ)forsaken and (CK)hated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an (CL)object of pride forever,
A joy from generation to generation.
16 You will also (CM)suck the milk of nations,
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your (CN)Savior
And your (CO)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
And instead of iron I will bring silver,
And instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
And I will make peace your administrators,
And righteousness your overseers.
18 (CP)Violence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor (CQ)devastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your (CR)walls salvation, and your (CS)gates praise.
19 No longer will you have the (CT)sun for light by day,
Nor will the moon give you light for brightness;
But you will have the (CU)Lord as an everlasting light,
And your (CV)God as your [s]glory.
20 Your (CW)sun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the Lord as an everlasting light,
And the days of your (CX)mourning will be over.
21 Then all your (CY)people will be righteous;
They will (CZ)possess the land forever,
The branch of [t]My planting,
The (DA)work of My hands,
That I may be (DB)glorified.
22 The (DC)smallest one will become a thousand,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will bring it about quickly in its time.”
Exaltation of the Afflicted
61 The (DD)Spirit of the Lord [u]God is upon me,
Because the Lord anointed me
To (DE)bring good news to the (DF)humble;
He has sent me to (DG)bind up the brokenhearted,
To (DH)proclaim [v]release to captives
And [w]freedom to prisoners;
2 To (DI)proclaim the favorable year of the Lord
And the (DJ)day of vengeance of our God;
To (DK)comfort all who mourn,
3 To (DL)grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The (DM)oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.
So they will be called [x](DN)oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
4 Then they will (DO)rebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
5 (DP)Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And [y]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
6 But you will be called the (DQ)priests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as (DR)ministers of our God.
You will eat the (DS)wealth of nations,
And you will boast in their [z]riches.
7 Instead of your (DT)shame you will have a (DU)double portion,
And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,
(DV)Everlasting joy will be theirs.
8 For I, the Lord, (DW)love justice,
I hate robbery [aa]in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their reward,
And make an (DX)everlasting covenant with them.
9 Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the (DY)offspring whom the Lord has blessed.
10 I will (DZ)rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will be joyful in (EA)my God;
For He has (EB)clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a groom puts on a turban,
And (EC)as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the (ED)earth produces its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord [ab]God will (EE)cause (EF)righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.
Zion’s Glory and New Name
62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her (EG)righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her (EH)salvation like a torch that is burning.
2 The (EI)nations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new (EJ)name
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.
3 You will also be a (EK)crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal headband in the hand of your God.
4 It will no longer be said to you, “[ac](EL)Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “[ad]Desolate”;
But you will be called, “[ae]My delight is in her,”
And your land, “[af](EM)Married”;
For the (EN)Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the [ag]groom rejoices over the bride,
So your (EO)God will rejoice over you.
6 On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed (EP)watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who (EQ)profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
7 And (ER)give Him no rest until He establishes
And makes (ES)Jerusalem an object of praise on the earth.
8 (ET)The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm:
“I will (EU)never again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will [ah]foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
9 But those who (EV)harvest it will eat it and praise the Lord;
And those who gather it will drink it in the courtyards of My sanctuary.
10 Go through, (EW)go through the gates,
Clear a way [ai]for the people!
(EX)Build up, build up the (EY)highway,
Remove the stones, lift up a (EZ)flag over the peoples.
11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the (FA)end of the earth:
(FB)Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your (FC)salvation is coming;
(FD)Behold His reward is with Him, and His compensation before Him.”
12 And they will call them, “(FE)The holy people,
The (FF)redeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought Out, A City (FG)Not Abandoned.”
God’s Vengeance on the Nations
63 Who is this who comes from (FH)Edom,
With (FI)garments of [aj]glowing colors from (FJ)Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
[ak]Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I, the One who speaks in righteousness, (FK)mighty to save.”
2 Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who (FL)treads in the wine press?
3 “(FM)I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no one with Me.
I also (FN)trod them in My anger
And (FO)trampled them in My wrath;
And (FP)their [al]lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I [am]stained all My clothes.
4 For the (FQ)day of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come.
5 I looked, but there was (FR)no one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My (FS)own arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me.
6 I (FT)trampled down the peoples in My anger
And made them (FU)drunk with My wrath,
And I [an]poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”
God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled
7 I will make mention of the (FV)mercies of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has granted us,
And the great (FW)goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His (FX)compassion
And according to the abundance of His mercies.
8 For He said, “Certainly they are (FY)My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their (FZ)Savior.
9 In all their distress [ao](GA)He was distressed,
And the (GB)angel of His presence saved them;
In His (GC)love and in His mercy He (GD)redeemed them,
And He (GE)lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
10 But they (GF)rebelled
And grieved His (GG)Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.
11 Then (GH)His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is (GI)He who brought them up out of the sea with the [ap]shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who (GJ)put His Holy Spirit in the midst of [aq]them,
12 Who caused His (GK)glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who (GL)divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,
13 Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not (GM)stumble;
14 Like the cattle which go down into the valley,
The Spirit of the (GN)Lord gave [ar]them rest.
So You (GO)led Your people,
To make for Yourself a glorious name.
You Are Our Father
15 (GP)Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious (GQ)lofty habitation;
Where are Your (GR)zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The (GS)stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.
16 For You are our (GT)Father, though (GU)Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father,
Our (GV)Redeemer from ancient times is Your name.
17 Why, Lord, do You (GW)cause us to stray from Your ways
And (GX)harden our heart from fearing You?
(GY)Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
18 Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have (GZ)trampled it down.
19 We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:2 As in ancient versions; MT faces
- Isaiah 59:4 Lit in truth
- Isaiah 59:6 Lit palms
- Isaiah 59:8 Lit it
- Isaiah 59:12 Lit our wrongdoings we know them
- Isaiah 59:13 Or Revolting against and
- Isaiah 59:15 Or evil
- Isaiah 59:18 Lit accordingly
- Isaiah 59:18 Lit requital
- Isaiah 59:18 Lit repay
- Isaiah 59:18 Lit requital
- Isaiah 59:19 Lit narrow
- Isaiah 59:21 Lit seed
- Isaiah 59:21 Lit seed
- Isaiah 60:4 Lit cared for
- Isaiah 60:5 Lit tremble and open wide
- Isaiah 60:5 Lit roar
- Isaiah 60:13 Or cypress
- Isaiah 60:19 Or beauty
- Isaiah 60:21 Lit His
- Isaiah 61:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 61:1 Or liberty
- Isaiah 61:1 Lit opening to those who are bound
- Isaiah 61:3 Or terebinths
- Isaiah 61:5 Lit sons of the foreigner
- Isaiah 61:6 Or glory
- Isaiah 61:8 Or with malice
- Isaiah 61:11 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Hephzibah
- Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Beulah
- Isaiah 62:5 Lit joy of the groom is over
- Isaiah 62:8 Lit sons of foreigners
- Isaiah 62:10 Lit of
- Isaiah 63:1 Or crimson
- Isaiah 63:1 Lit Inclining
- Isaiah 63:3 Lit juice
- Isaiah 63:3 Lit defiled
- Isaiah 63:6 Lit brought down their juice to the earth
- Isaiah 63:9 Another reading is He was not an adversary
- Isaiah 63:11 Some mss shepherd
- Isaiah 63:11 Lit him
- Isaiah 63:14 Lit him
Isaiah 59-63
New International Version
Isaiah 59-63
New International Version
Sin, Confession and Redemption
59 Surely the arm(A) of the Lord is not too short(B) to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear.(C)
2 But your iniquities have separated(D)
you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.(E)
3 For your hands are stained with blood,(F)
your fingers with guilt.(G)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(H)
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice;(I)
no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(J) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(K)
they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(L)
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers(M)
and spin a spider’s web.(N)
Whoever eats their eggs will die,
and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.
6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(O)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
and acts of violence(P) are in their hands.
7 Their feet rush into sin;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.(Q)
They pursue evil schemes;(R)
acts of violence mark their ways.(S)
8 The way of peace they do not know;(T)
there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(U)
no one who walks along them will know peace.(V)
9 So justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;(W)
for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
10 Like the blind(X) we grope along the wall,
feeling our way like people without eyes.
At midday we stumble(Y) as if it were twilight;
among the strong, we are like the dead.(Z)
11 We all growl like bears;
we moan mournfully like doves.(AA)
We look for justice, but find none;
for deliverance, but it is far away.
12 For our offenses(AB) are many in your sight,
and our sins testify(AC) against us.
Our offenses are ever with us,
and we acknowledge our iniquities:(AD)
13 rebellion(AE) and treachery against the Lord,
turning our backs(AF) on our God,
inciting revolt and oppression,(AG)
uttering lies(AH) our hearts have conceived.
14 So justice(AI) is driven back,
and righteousness(AJ) stands at a distance;
truth(AK) has stumbled in the streets,
honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth(AL) is nowhere to be found,
and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
The Lord looked and was displeased
that there was no justice.(AM)
16 He saw that there was no one,(AN)
he was appalled that there was no one to intervene;(AO)
so his own arm achieved salvation(AP) for him,
and his own righteousness(AQ) sustained him.
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,(AR)
and the helmet(AS) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments(AT) of vengeance(AU)
and wrapped himself in zeal(AV) as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done,
so will he repay(AW)
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands(AX) their due.
19 From the west,(AY) people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun,(AZ) they will revere his glory.(BA)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath(BB) of the Lord drives along.[a]
20 “The Redeemer(BC) will come to Zion,(BD)
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(BE)
declares the Lord.
21 “As for me, this is my covenant(BF) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(BG) who is on you, will not depart from you,(BH) and my words that I have put in your mouth(BI) 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.
The Glory of Zion
60 “Arise,(BJ) shine, for your light(BK) has come,
and the glory(BL) of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darkness(BM) covers the earth
and thick darkness(BN) is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations(BO) will come to your light,(BP)
and kings(BQ) to the brightness of your dawn.
4 “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
All assemble(BR) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,(BS)
and your daughters(BT) are carried on the hip.(BU)
5 Then you will look and be radiant,(BV)
your heart will throb and swell with joy;(BW)
the wealth(BX) on the seas will be brought to you,
to you the riches of the nations will come.
6 Herds of camels(BY) will cover your land,
young camels of Midian(BZ) and Ephah.(CA)
And all from Sheba(CB) will come,
bearing gold and incense(CC)
and proclaiming the praise(CD) of the Lord.
7 All Kedar’s(CE) flocks will be gathered to you,
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings(CF) on my altar,(CG)
and I will adorn my glorious temple.(CH)
8 “Who are these(CI) that fly along like clouds,(CJ)
like doves to their nests?
9 Surely the islands(CK) look to me;
in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,[b](CL)
bringing(CM) your children from afar,
with their silver and gold,(CN)
to the honor(CO) of the Lord your God,
the Holy One(CP) of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.(CQ)
10 “Foreigners(CR) will rebuild your walls,
and their kings(CS) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
in favor(CT) I will show you compassion.(CU)
11 Your gates(CV) will always stand open,
they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations(CW)—
their kings(CX) led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve(CY) you will perish;
it will be utterly ruined.(CZ)
13 “The glory of Lebanon(DA) will come to you,
the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,(DB)
to adorn my sanctuary;(DC)
and I will glorify the place for my feet.(DD)
14 The children of your oppressors(DE) will come bowing before you;
all who despise you will bow down(DF) at your feet
and will call you the City(DG) of the Lord,
Zion(DH) of the Holy One(DI) of Israel.
15 “Although you have been forsaken(DJ) and hated,
with no one traveling(DK) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride(DL)
and the joy(DM) of all generations.
16 You will drink the milk of nations
and be nursed(DN) at royal breasts.
Then you will know(DO) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(DP)
your Redeemer,(DQ) the Mighty One of Jacob.(DR)
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,(DS)
and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace(DT) your governor
and well-being your ruler.(DU)
18 No longer will violence(DV) be heard in your land,
nor ruin or destruction(DW) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation(DX)
and your gates Praise.(DY)
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,(DZ)
and your God will be your glory.(EA)
20 Your sun(EB) will never set again,
and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your days of sorrow(EC) will end.
21 Then all your people will be righteous(ED)
and they will possess(EE) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,(EF)
the work of my hands,(EG)
for the display of my splendor.(EH)
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.(EI)
I am the Lord;
in its time I will do this swiftly.”(EJ)
The Year of the Lord’s Favor
61 The Spirit(EK) of the Sovereign Lord(EL) is on me,
because the Lord has anointed(EM) me
to proclaim good news(EN) to the poor.(EO)
He has sent me to bind up(EP) the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom(EQ) for the captives(ER)
and release from darkness for the prisoners,[c]
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor(ES)
and the day of vengeance(ET) of our God,
to comfort(EU) all who mourn,(EV)
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(EW) of beauty
instead of ashes,(EX)
the oil(EY) of joy
instead of mourning,(EZ)
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting(FA) of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.(FB)
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins(FC)
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
5 Strangers(FD) will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests(FE) of the Lord,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth(FF) of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
7 Instead of your shame(FG)
you will receive a double(FH) portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit(FI) a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy(FJ) will be yours.
8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;(FK)
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant(FL) with them.
9 Their descendants(FM) will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”(FN)
10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices(FO) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,(FP)
as a bridegroom adorns his head(FQ) like a priest,
and as a bride(FR) adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden(FS) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness(FT)
and praise spring up before all nations.
Zion’s New Name
62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,(FU)
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication(FV) shines out like the dawn,(FW)
her salvation(FX) like a blazing torch.
2 The nations(FY) will see your vindication,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name(FZ)
that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
3 You will be a crown(GA) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,(GB)
or name your land Desolate.(GC)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[d](GD)
and your land Beulah[e];
for the Lord will take delight(GE) in you,
and your land will be married.(GF)
5 As a young man marries a young woman,
so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom(GG) rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice(GH) over you.
6 I have posted watchmen(GI) on your walls, Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
give yourselves no rest,(GJ)
7 and give him no rest(GK) till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise(GL) of the earth.
8 The Lord has sworn(GM) by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain(GN)
as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
for which you have toiled;
9 but those who harvest it will eat(GO) it
and praise the Lord,(GP)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary.”(GQ)
10 Pass through, pass through the gates!(GR)
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!(GS)
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner(GT) for the nations.
11 The Lord has made proclamation
to the ends of the earth:(GU)
“Say to Daughter Zion,(GV)
‘See, your Savior comes!(GW)
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.’”(GX)
12 They will be called(GY) the Holy People,(GZ)
the Redeemed(HA) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
the City No Longer Deserted.(HB)
God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption
63 Who is this coming from Edom,(HC)
from Bozrah,(HD) with his garments stained crimson?(HE)
Who is this, robed in splendor,
striding forward in the greatness of his strength?(HF)
“It is I, proclaiming victory,
mighty to save.”(HG)
2 Why are your garments red,
like those of one treading the winepress?(HH)
3 “I have trodden the winepress(HI) alone;
from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled(HJ) them in my anger
and trod them down in my wrath;(HK)
their blood spattered my garments,(HL)
and I stained all my clothing.
4 It was for me the day of vengeance;(HM)
the year for me to redeem had come.
5 I looked, but there was no one(HN) to help,
I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm(HO) achieved salvation for me,
and my own wrath sustained me.(HP)
6 I trampled(HQ) the nations in my anger;
in my wrath I made them drunk(HR)
and poured their blood(HS) on the ground.”
Praise and Prayer
7 I will tell of the kindnesses(HT) of the Lord,
the deeds for which he is to be praised,
according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good things(HU)
he has done for Israel,
according to his compassion(HV) and many kindnesses.
8 He said, “Surely they are my people,(HW)
children who will be true to me”;
and so he became their Savior.(HX)
9 In all their distress he too was distressed,
and the angel(HY) of his presence(HZ) saved them.[f]
In his love and mercy he redeemed(IA) them;
he lifted them up and carried(IB) them
all the days of old.(IC)
10 Yet they rebelled(ID)
and grieved his Holy Spirit.(IE)
So he turned and became their enemy(IF)
and he himself fought(IG) against them.
11 Then his people recalled[g] the days of old,
the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,(IH)
with the shepherd of his flock?(II)
Where is he who set
his Holy Spirit(IJ) among them,
12 who sent his glorious arm(IK) of power
to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters(IL) before them,
to gain for himself everlasting renown,(IM)
13 who led(IN) them through the depths?(IO)
Like a horse in open country,
they did not stumble;(IP)
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given rest(IQ) by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
to make for yourself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heaven(IR) and see,
from your lofty throne,(IS) holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal(IT) and your might?
Your tenderness and compassion(IU) are withheld(IV) from us.
16 But you are our Father,(IW)
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledge(IX) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemer(IY) from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(IZ) from your ways
and harden our hearts(JA) so we do not revere(JB) you?
Return(JC) for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.(JD)
18 For a little while(JE) your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampled(JF) down your sanctuary.(JG)
19 We are yours from of old;
but you have not ruled over them,
they have not been called[h] by your name.(JH)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight
- Isaiah 60:9 Or the trading ships
- Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind
- Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
- Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.
- Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior 9 in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them
- Isaiah 63:11 Or But may he recall
- Isaiah 63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called
Isaiah 59-63
King James Version
Isaiah 59-63
King James Version
59 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, 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 away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
60 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
61 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.
10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
62 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11 Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
63 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
17 O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.
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