Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 59:13
13transgressing and denying Adonai, turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
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
11All of us growl like bears or moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us. 12For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us, for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities: transgressing and denying Adonai, turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart. 14Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the street, and uprightness cannot enter. 15So now truth is missing, and whoever shuns evil becomes prey. Now when Adonai saw it, it was displeasing in His eyes that there was no justice.
Read all of Isaiah 59Isaiah 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 32:6For the fool speaks foolishness and his heart works wickedness, to practice ungodliness, and speak error about Adonai, to deprive the hungry of food and withhold drink from the thirsty.
- Isaiah 48:8You have not heard; you never knew; even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I knew that you are treacherous, and from birth were called a rebel.
- Isaiah 57:11“Whom was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied. But you did not remember Me or take it to heart? Have I not kept silent a long time— yet you do not fear Me?
- Psalms 78:36But they flattered Him with their mouth and kept lying to Him with their tongue.
- Jeremiah 3:10Yet after all this her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with her whole heart, but only insincerely,” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Jeremiah 42:20For you have led your own souls in error, since it was you who sent me to Adonai your God, saying: ‘Pray to Adonai our God on our behalf, and in accord with all that Adonai our God will say, so declare to us, and we will do it.
- Ezekiel 18:25“Yet you say, ‘Adonai’s way is unfair!’ Hear now, house of Israel! Is My way not fair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?
- Hosea 6:7But like Adam, they transgressed a covenant. There they dealt treacherously with Me.
- Hosea 7:13Oy to them! For they strayed from Me. Devastation to them! For they rebelled against Me. Should I redeem them after they spoke lies about Me?
- Acts 5:3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has satan filled your heart to lie to the Ruach ha-Kodesh and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
- Isaiah 31:6Return to the One from whom rebellion is so deep, Bnei-Yisrael.
- Psalms 18:21Adonai rewarded me for my righteousness. For the cleanness of my hands He repaid me.
- Jeremiah 2:13“My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me —the spring of living water— and they dug their own cisterns— cracked cisterns that hold no water.
- Jeremiah 3:20Yet as a woman betrays her lover, so have you betrayed Me, O house of Israel.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Jeremiah 17:13Adonai, You are the hope of Israel! All who forsake You will be ashamed. Those who depart from You will be written in the dirt, for they have forsaken Adonai, the fountain of living waters.
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
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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
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