# Isaiah 59

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save,
nor His ear too dull to hear. [2] But your iniquities have built barriers
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden His face from you,
so that He does not hear. [3] For your hands are stained with blood,
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongue mutters injustice. [4] No one calls for justice;
no one pleads his case honestly.
They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies;
they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. [5] They hatch the eggs of vipers
and weave a spider’s web.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched. [6] Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing,
and they cannot cover themselves with their works.
Their deeds are sinful deeds,
and acts of violence are in their hands. [7] Their feet run to evil;
they are swift to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;
ruin and destruction lie in their wake. [8] The way of peace they have not known,
and there is no justice in their tracks.
They have turned them into crooked paths;
no one who treads on them will know peace. [9] Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We hope for light, but there is darkness;
for brightness, but we walk in gloom. [10] Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall,
groping like those without eyes.
We stumble at midday as in the twilight;
among the vigorous we are like the dead. [11] We all growl like bears
and moan like doves.
We hope for justice, but find none,
for salvation, but it is far from us. [12] For our transgressions are multiplied before You,
and our sins testify against us.
Our transgressions are indeed with us,
and we know our iniquities: [13] rebelling and denying the LORD,
turning away from our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. [14] So justice is turned away,
and righteousness stands at a distance.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter. [15] Truth is missing,
and whoever turns from evil becomes prey.
The LORD looked and was displeased
that there was no justice. [16] He saw that there was no man;
He was amazed that there was no one to intercede.
So His own arm brought salvation,
and His own righteousness sustained Him. [17] He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
and the helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on garments of vengeance
and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal. [18] So He will repay according to their deeds:
fury to His enemies,
retribution to His foes,
and recompense to the islands. [19] So shall they fear the name of the LORD
where the sun sets,
and His glory where it rises.
For He will come like a raging flood,
driven by the breath of the LORD. [20] “The Redeemer will come to Zion,
to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,”
declares the LORD. [21] “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

## Places in this chapter

- **Zion** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/zion

## Each verse

- Isaiah 59:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/1
- Isaiah 59:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/2
- Isaiah 59:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/3
- Isaiah 59:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/4
- Isaiah 59:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/5
- Isaiah 59:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/6
- Isaiah 59:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/7
- Isaiah 59:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/8
- Isaiah 59:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/9
- Isaiah 59:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/10
- Isaiah 59:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/11
- Isaiah 59:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/12
- Isaiah 59:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/13
- Isaiah 59:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/14
- Isaiah 59:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/15
- Isaiah 59:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/16
- Isaiah 59:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/17
- Isaiah 59:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/18
- Isaiah 59:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/19
- Isaiah 59:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/20
- Isaiah 59:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/21