Isaiah 59–60

Behold, ^athe Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;

Neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

²But ^byour iniquities have separated between you and your God,

And your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

³For ^cyour hands ^dare defiled with blood,

And your fingers with iniquity;

Your lips ^ehave spoken lies,

Your tongue hath ^muttered perverseness.

⁴None calleth for justice, nor any ^fpleadeth for truth:

They trust ^gin vanity, and ^espeak lies;

^hiThey conceive mischief, and ⁱbring forth iniquity.

⁵They hatch cockatrice’ eggs,

And weave ^kthe spider’s web:

He that eateth of their eggs dieth,

And ^lthat which is crushed breaketh out into ^ma viper.

^6kTheir 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.

^7noTheir feet run to evil,

ⁿAnd they make haste to shed innocent blood:

Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;

^opWasting and destruction are in their paths.

^8oThe way of peace they know not;

And there is no judgment in their ^qgoings:

^rThey have made them crooked paths:

Whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

⁹Therefore is judgment far from us,

Neither doth justice overtake us:

^sWe wait for light, but behold obscurity;

For brightness, but ^twe walk in darkness.

^10uWe grope for the wall like the blind,

And we grope as if we had no eyes:

We stumble ^uat noonday as in the night;

We are in desolate places as dead men.

¹¹We roar all like bears,

And ^vmourn sore like doves:

^sWe look for judgment, but there is none;

For salvation, but it is far off from us.

¹²For our transgressions are multiplied before thee,

And our sins testify against us:

For our transgressions are with us;

And as for our iniquities, ^wwe know them;

¹³In transgressing and lying against the Lord,

And ^xdeparting away from our God,

Speaking oppression and revolt,

Conceiving and ^yuttering ^zfrom the heart ^ewords of falsehood.

¹⁴And judgment is ^xturned away backward,

And justice standeth afar off:

For truth is fallen in the street,

And ^aequity cannot enter.

¹⁵Yea, truth ^bfaileth;

And he that departeth from evil ^cmaketh himself a prey:

And the Lord saw it, and it displeased him

That there was no judgment.

¹⁶And ^dhe saw that there was no man,

And ^ewondered that there was no ^fintercessor:

^gTherefore ^hhis arm brought salvation unto him;

And his righteousness, ^dit sustained him.

¹⁷For ⁱhe put on righteousness as a breastplate,

And a helmet of salvation upon his head;

And he put on the garments of ^kvengeance for clothing,

And was clad with zeal ⁱas a cloke.

^18lAccording to their deeds, accordingly ^mhe will repay,

ⁿFury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies;

To ^othe islands he will repay recompence.

^19pSo 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 ^qlike a flood,

The spirit of the Lord shall ^rlift up a standard against him.

²⁰And ^sthe redeemer shall come to Zion,

And unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

²¹As for me, ^tthis is my covenant with them, saith the Lord;

My spirit that is upon thee,

And ^umy 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.

LX.Arise, ^ashine; for thy light is come,

And ^bthe glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

²For behold, ^cdthe darkness shall cover the earth,

And ^dgross darkness the people:

But the Lord shall arise upon thee,

And ^behis glory shall be seen upon thee.

³And ^fthe Gentiles shall come to thy light,

And ^gkings to the brightness of thy rising.

^4hLift up thine eyes round about, and see:

^hAll they gather themselves together, ⁱthey come to thee:

^jThy sons shall come from far,

And thy daughters shall be nursed ^kat thy side.

⁵Then thou shalt see, and ^lflow together,

And thine heart shall fear, and ^mbe enlarged;

Because ⁿthe ^oabundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee,

The ^fmforces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

⁶The multitude of camels shall cover thee,

^pThe dromedaries of ^qMidian and ^rEphah;

All they from ^sSheba shall come:

They shall bring ^tgold and incense;

And they shall ^ushew forth the praises of the Lord.

⁷All the flocks of ^vKedar shall be gathered together unto thee,

The rams of ^wNebajoth shall minister unto thee:

^xThey shall come up with acceptance on mine altar,

And I will ^yglorify ^yythe house of ^bmy glory.

^8zWho are these that fly as a cloud,

And ^aas the doves to their windows?

⁹Surely ^bcthe isles shall wait for me,

And ^dthe ships of ^cTarshish first,

^eTo bring ^fthy sons from far,

^gTheir silver and their gold with them,

^hUnto the name of the Lord thy God,

And ⁱto the Holy One of Israel, ⁱbecause he hath glorified thee.

¹⁰And ^kthe sons of strangers shall build up thy walls,

And ^ltheir kings shall minister unto thee:

For ^min my wrath I smote thee,

But ⁿin my favour have I had mercy on thee.

¹¹Therefore ^othy 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 ^lptheir kings may be brought.

¹²For ^qthe nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish;

Yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

^13rThe glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee,

^sThe fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together,

To ^tbeautify the place of my sanctuary;

And I will make ^uthe place of my feet glorious.

^14vThe sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee;

And all they that despised thee shall ^wbow themselves down at the soles of thy feet;

And they shall call thee, ^xThe city of the Lord,

^yThe Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵Whereas thou hast been ^zforsaken and ^ahated,

So that no man went through thee,

I will make thee an eternal ^bexcellency,

A joy of many generations.

^16cThou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles,

And ^cshalt suck the breast of kings:

And ^cthou shalt know that ^dI the Lord am thy Saviour

^cAnd thy redeemer, ^ddthe mighty One of Jacob.

^17eFor 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 ^fpeace,

And thine ^gexactors righteousness.

^18hViolence shall no more be heard in thy land,

ⁱWasting nor destruction within thy borders;

But thou shalt call ^jthy walls Salvation,

And thy gates ^kPraise.

^19lThe sun shall be no more thy light by day;

^lNeither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee:

But the Lord shall be unto thee ^man everlasting light,

And ⁿthy God thy ^oglory.

^20pThy sun shall no more go down;

Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself:

For the Lord shall be thine everlasting light,

And ^qthe days of thy mourning shall be ended.

^21rThy people also shall be all righteous:

^sThey shall inherit the land for ever,

^tThe branch of my planting, ^uthe work of my hands, ^tvthat I may be glorified.

^22xA little one shall become a thousand,

And a small one a ^ystrong nation:

I the Lord will ^zhasten it in his time.

LXI.