Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 59

Sin Separates Us from God

1SurelyH2005 the armH3027 of the LORDH3068 is notH3808 too shortH7114 to saveH3467,nor His earH241 H3808 too dullH3513 to hearH8085.2ButH3588 H518 your iniquitiesH5771 H1961 have built barriersH914between youH996 and your GodH430,and your sinsH2403 have hiddenH5641 His faceH6440 from you,so that He does not hearH8085.3ForH3588 your handsH3709 are stainedH1351 with bloodH1818,and your fingersH676 with iniquityH5771;your lipsH8193 have spokenH1696 liesH8267,and your tongueH3956 muttersH1897 injusticeH5766.

4No oneH369 callsH7121 for justiceH6664;no oneH369 pleads his caseH8199 honestlyH530.They relyH982 onH5921 emptyH8414 pleas; they tellH1696 liesH7723;they conceiveH2029 mischiefH5999 and give birth toH3205 iniquityH205.5They hatchH1234 the eggsH1000 of vipersH6848and weaveH707 a spider’sH5908 webH6980.Whoever eatsH398 their eggsH1000 will dieH4191;crack one openH2116, and a viperH660 is hatchedH1234.6Their cobwebsH6980 cannotH3808 be made intoH1961 clothingH899,and they cannotH3808 cover themselvesH3680 with their worksH4639.Their deedsH4639 are sinfulH205 deedsH4639,and actsH6467 of violenceH2555 are in their handsH3709.

7Their feetH7272 runH7323 to evilH7451;they are swiftH4116 to shedH8210 innocentH5355 bloodH1818.Their thoughtsH4284 are sinfulH205 thoughtsH4284;ruinH7701 and destructionH7667 1 lie in their wakeH4546.8The wayH1870 of peaceH7965 they have notH3808 knownH3045,2and there is noH369 justiceH4941 in their tracksH4570.They have turned them into crookedH6140 pathsH5410;no oneH3605 H3808 who treadsH1869 on them will knowH3045 peaceH7965.

9ThereforeH5921 H3651 justiceH4941 is farH7368 from usH4480,and righteousnessH6666 does notH3808 reach usH5381.We hopeH6960 for lightH216, but thereH2009 is darknessH2822;for brightnessH5054, but we walkH1980 in gloomH653.10Like the blindH5787, we feel our way alongH1659 the wallH7023,gropingH1659 like those withoutH369 eyesH5869.We stumbleH3782 at middayH6672 as in the twilightH5399;among the vigorousH820 we are like the deadH4191.11We allH3605 growlH1993 like bearsH1677and moanH1897 like dovesH3123.We hopeH6960 for justiceH4941, but find noneH369,for salvationH3444, but it is farH7368 from usH4480.

12ForH3588 our transgressionsH6588 are multipliedH7231 before YouH5048,and our sinsH2403 testifyH6030 against us.Our transgressionsH6588 are indeedH3588 with usH854,and we knowH3045 our iniquitiesH5771:13rebellingH6586 and denyingH3584 the LORDH3068,turning awayH5253 fromH310 our GodH430,speakingH1696 oppressionH6233 and revoltH5627,conceivingH2029 and utteringH1897 liesH8267 from the heartH3820.14So justiceH4941 is turned awayH5253 H268,and righteousnessH6666 standsH5975 at a distanceH7350.ForH3588 truthH571 has stumbledH3782 in the public squareH7339,and honestyH5229 cannotH3808 H3201 enterH935.15TruthH571 isH1961 missingH5737,and whoever turnsH5493 from evilH7451 becomes preyH7997.

The LORDH3068 lookedH7200 and was displeasedH7489 H5869 3thatH3588 there was noH369 justiceH4941.16He sawH7200 thatH3588 there was noH369 manH376;He was amazedH8074 thatH3588 there was no oneH369 to intercedeH6293.So His own armH2220 brought salvationH3467,and His own righteousnessH6666 H1931 sustained HimH5564.

17He put onH3847 righteousnessH6666 like a breastplateH8302, and the helmetH3553 of salvationH3444 on His headH7218; He put onH3847 garmentsH899 H8516 of vengeanceH5359 and wrapped HimselfH5844 in a cloakH4598 of zealH7068.

18So He will repayH7999 according toH5921 their deedsH1578 :furyH2534 to His enemiesH6862,retributionH1576 to His foesH341,and recompenseH1576 to the islandsH339.419So shall they fearH3372 the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068where the sun setsH4628 H8121 ,and His gloryH3519 where it risesH4217 .ForH3588 He will comeH935 like a ragingH6862 floodH5104,drivenH5127 by the breathH7307 of the LORDH3068.5

20“The RedeemerH1350 will comeH935 to ZionH6726,to those in JacobH3290 who turnH7725 from transgressionH6588,6”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.

21“As for MeH589, thisH2063 is My covenantH1285 with themH854,”7 saysH559 the LORDH3068. “My SpiritH7307 will not depart from youH5921,8 and My wordsH1697 thatH834 I have putH7760 in your mouthH6310 will notH3808 departH4185 from your mouthH6310 or from the mouthsH6310 of your childrenH2233 and grandchildrenH2233, from now onH6258 andH5704 forevermoreH5769,” saysH559 the LORDH3068.

1. Isaiah 59:7 LXX misery ↩
2. Isaiah 59:8 Cited in Romans 3:15–17 ↩
3. Isaiah 59:15 Hebrew and it was evil in His eyes ↩
4. Isaiah 59:18 Or coastlands ↩
5. Isaiah 59:19 Or When the enemy comes like a raging flood, the Spirit of the LORD will drive him back ↩
6. Isaiah 59:20 LXX to remove godlessness from Jacob; cited in Romans 11:26 ↩
7. Isaiah 59:21 Cited in Romans 11:27 ↩
8. Isaiah 59:21 Literally My Spirit, who is upon you, ↩