Isaiah 59:15–21

¹⁵Truth is missing,

and whoever turns from evil is plundered.

The Lord saw that there was no justice,

and he was offended.

¹⁶He saw that there was no man—

he was amazed that there was no one interceding;^g

so his own arm brought salvation,

and his own righteousness supported him.

¹⁷He put on righteousness as body armor,

and a helmet of salvation on his head;^h

he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,

and he wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.ⁱ

¹⁸So he will repay according to their deeds:^j

fury to his enemies,

retribution to his foes,

and he will repay the coasts and islands.

¹⁹They will fear the name of the Lord in the west

and his glory in the east;^Ak

for he will come like a rushing stream^l

driven by the wind of the Lord.

²⁰“The Redeemer^m will come to Zion,

and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.”ⁿ

This is the Lord’s declaration.

²¹“As for me, this is my covenant with them,”^o says the Lord: “My Spirit who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth,^p will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of your children’s children, from now on and forever,” says the Lord.