Isaiah 59:1–60:22
1 Behold, athe Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
bNor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.
2 But your ainiquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His 1face from you so that He does bnot hear.
3 For your ahands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken bfalsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 aNo one sues righteously and bno one pleads 1honestly.
They ctrust in confusion and speak lies;
They dconceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
5 They hatch adders’ eggs and aweave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
6 Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they acover themselves with their works;
Their bworks are works of iniquity,
And an cact of violence is in their 1hands.
7 aTheir feet run to evil,
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
bTheir thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
8 They do not know the away of peace,
And there is bno justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
cWhoever treads on 1them does not know peace.
9 Therefore ajustice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us;
We bhope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.
10 We agrope along the wall like blind men,
We grope like those who have no eyes;
We bstumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are clike dead men.
11 All of us growl like bears,
And amoan sadly like doves;
We hope for bjustice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our atransgressions are multiplied before You,
And our bsins 1testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And 2we know our iniquities:
13 Transgressing and adenying the Lord,
And turning away from our God,
Speaking boppression and revolt,
Conceiving in and cuttering from the heart lying words.
14 aJustice is turned back,
And brighteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
And he who turns aside from evil amakes himself a prey.
Now the Lord saw,
And it was 1displeasing in His sight bthat there was no justice.
16 And He saw that there was ano man,
And was astonished that there was no one to intercede;
Then His bown arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.
17 He put on arighteousness like a breastplate,
And a bhelmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on cgarments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with dzeal as a mantle.
18 aAccording to their 1deeds, 2so He will repay,
Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies;
To the coastlands He will 3make recompense.
19 So they will fear the name of the Lord from the awest
And His glory from the brising of the sun,
For He will ccome like a 1rushing stream
Which the wind of the Lord drives.
20 “A aRedeemer will come to Zion,
And to those who bturn from transgression in Jacob,” declares the Lord.
21 “As for Me, this is My acovenant with them,” says the Lord: “My bSpirit which is upon you, and My cwords which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your 1offspring, nor from the mouth of your 1offspring’s offspring,” says the Lord, “from now and forever.”
1 “aArise, shine; for your blight has come,
And the cglory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 “For behold, adarkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you
And His bglory will appear upon you.
3 “aNations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 “aLift up your eyes round about and see;
They all gather together, they bcome to you.
Your sons will come from afar,
And your cdaughters will be 1carried in the arms.
5 “Then you will see and be aradiant,
And your heart will 1thrill and rejoice;
Because the babundance of the sea will be turned to you,
The cwealth of the nations will come to you.
6 “A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and aEphah;
All those from bSheba will come;
They will bring cgold and frankincense,
And will dbear good news of the praises of the Lord.
7 “All the flocks of aKedar will be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;
They will go up with acceptance on My baltar,
And I shall 1cglorify My 2glorious house.
8 “aWho are these who fly like a cloud
And like the doves to their 1lattices?
9 “Surely the acoastlands will wait for Me;
And the bships of Tarshish will come first,
To cbring 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 1dglorified you.
10 “aForeigners will build up your walls,
And their bkings will minister to you;
For in My cwrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
11 “Your agates will be open continually;
They will not be closed day or night,
So that men may bbring to you the wealth of the nations,
With ctheir kings led in procession.
12 “For the anation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations will be utterly ruined.
13 “The aglory of Lebanon will come to you,
The bjuniper, the box tree and the cypress together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I shall make the cplace of My feet glorious.
14 “The asons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet;
And they will call you the bcity of the Lord,
The cZion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Whereas you have been aforsaken and bhated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an everlasting cpride,
A joy from generation to generation.
16 “You will also asuck the milk of nations
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your bSavior
And your cRedeemer, 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 “aViolence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor bdevastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your cwalls salvation, and your dgates praise.
19 “No longer will you have the asun for light by day,
Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;
But you will have the bLord for an everlasting light,
And your cGod for your 1glory.
20 “Your asun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the Lord for an everlasting light,
And the days of your bmourning will be over.
21 “Then all your apeople will be righteous;
They will bpossess the land forever,
The branch of 1My planting,
The cwork of My hands,
That I may be dglorified.
22 “The asmallest one will become a 1clan,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”