21 'As for me, this is my covenant with them,' says the LORD. 20 'The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,' declares the LORD. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the LORD drives along. 19 From the west, men will fear the name of the LORD, and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. 18 According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes he will repay the islands their due. 17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. 16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. 14 So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities: 13 rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our backs on our God, fomenting oppression and revolt, uttering lies our hearts have conceived. 12 For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. We look for justice, but find none for deliverance, but it is far away. 11 We all growl like bears we moan mournfully like doves. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight among the strong, we are like the dead. 10 Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like men without eyes. We look for light, but all is darkness for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. 9 So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us.

They have turned them into crooked roads no one who walks in them will know peace. 8 The way of peace they do not know there is no justice in their paths. Their thoughts are evil thoughts ruin and destruction mark their ways. 7 Their feet rush into sin they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. 6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched. 5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider's web. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies they conceive trouble and give birth to evil. 4 No one calls for justice no one pleads his case with integrity. Your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters wicked things.

3 For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Bible Gateway Isaiah 59 :: NIV Isaiah 59 1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

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