Isaiah 59:13

Isaiah 59:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
• New International Version (NIV)rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.
• English Standard Version (ESV)transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In transgressing and lying against the Lord, And departing from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Context of Isaiah 59:13

11We all growl like bears. We coo like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none. We hope for salvation, but it’s far from us. 12You are aware of our many rebellious acts. Our sins testify against us. Our rebellious acts are with us. We know our wrongdoings. We have rebelled and denied the Lord. We have turned away from our God. We have spoken about oppression and revolt. We have conceived and uttered lies in our hearts. 14Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty can’t come in. 15Truth is missing. Those who turn away from evil make themselves victims. The Lord sees it, and he’s angry because there’s no justice.

Isaiah 59:13 word by word

פָּשֹׁ֤עַ וְכַחֵשׁ֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה וְנָס֖וֹג מֵאַחַ֣ר אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ דַּבֶּר־עֹ֣שֶׁק וְסָרָ֔ה הֹר֧וֹ וְהֹג֛וֹ מִלֵּ֖ב דִּבְרֵי־שָֽׁקֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In transgressingפָּשַׁעpâsha‛ · to transgressH6586
• and lyingכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and departing awayנָסַגnâsag · to removeH5253
• fromאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• speakingדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• oppressionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
• and revoltסָרָהsârâh · revoltH5627
• conceivingהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
• and utteringהָגָהhâgâh · to mutterH1897
• from the heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of falsehoodשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267

Cross-references for Isaiah 59:13

• Isaiah 32:6Godless fools speak foolishness, and their minds plan evil in order to do ungodly things. They speak falsely about the Lord. They let people go hungry and withhold water from thirsty people.
• Isaiah 48:8You have never heard about them. You have never known about them. Your ears have never been open to hear them before. I know that you’ve acted very treacherously and that you have been called a rebel since you were born.
• Isaiah 57:11Whom did you dread and fear so much that you lied to me? You haven’t remembered me or cared about me. I’ve been silent for a long time. Is that why you don’t fear me?
• Psalms 78:36They flattered him with their mouths and lied to him with their tongues.
• Jeremiah 3:10Even after all this, Israel’s treacherous sister Judah didn’t wholeheartedly come back to me. She was deceitful,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 42:20You only deceived yourselves when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us, and tell us everything that the Lord our God says, and we’ll do it.’
• Ezekiel 18:25“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way is unfair.’ Listen, nation of Israel, isn’t my way fair? Isn’t it your ways that are unfair?
• Hosea 6:7“Like Adam, you rejected the promise. You were unfaithful to me.
• Hosea 7:13“How horrible it will be for these people. They have run away from me. They must be destroyed because they’ve rebelled against me. I want to reclaim them, but they tell lies about me.
• Hosea 11:12“Ephraim surrounds me with lies. The nation of Israel surrounds me with deceit.” Judah rebels against God, against the Holy One who is faithful.
• Acts 5:3Peter asked, “Ananias, why did you let Satan fill you with the idea that you could deceive the Holy Spirit? You’ve held back some of the money you received for the land.
• Isaiah 31:6You people of Israel, return to the one whom you have so violently rebelled against.
• Psalms 18:21because I have kept the ways of the Lord and I have not wickedly turned away from my God,
• Jeremiah 2:13“My people have done two things wrong. They have abandoned me, the fountain of life-giving water. They have also dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
• Jeremiah 3:20But like a wife who betrays her husband, so you, nation of Israel, betrayed me,” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 17:13O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who abandon you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in dust, because they abandon the Lord, the fountain of life-giving water.

Commentaries on Isaiah 59:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13In transgressing - That is, we have been guilty of this as a continuous act. And lying against the Lord - We have proved false to Yahweh. Though we have been professedly his people, yet we have been secretly attached to idols, and have in our hearts been devoted to the service of false gods. And departing away from our God - By the worship of idols, and by the violation of his law. Speaking oppression and revolt - Forming plans to see how we might best…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just with God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of those who profess themselves God's people, are worse than the sins of others. And the sins of a nation bring public judgments, when not restrained by public justice. Men may murmur under calamities, but nothing will truly profit while they reject Christ and his gospel.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-14The people growl and moan with longing for redemption, finally coming to terms with their sinfulness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. The particulars of the sins generally confessed in Is 59:12 (Is 48:8; Jr 2:19, 20). The act, the word, and the thought of apostasy, are all here marked: transgression and departing, &c.; lying (compare Is 59:4), and speaking, &c.; conceiving and uttering from the heart.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 59:13

• Conscience
• Falsehood
• Prayer
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Cloke
• Grope
• Heavy
• Iniquity
• Mutter
• Revolt
• Crime; Crimes
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 59

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings