Isaiah 59 (NET)

Isaiah 59:1¹Look, the Lord ’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 32:17Isa 50:2Num 11:23Isa 65:24Gen 18:14Heb 7:25Matt 13:15Isa 58:9Isa 6:10Isa 63:1

Isaiah 59:2²But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 5:25Prov 15:29Mic 3:4Isa 1:15Deut 31:17-18Ezek 39:23-24Deut 32:19-20Isa 57:17Ezek 39:29Josh 7:11

Isaiah 59:3³For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:15Ezek 13:8Jer 2:34Isa 1:21Jer 2:30Ezek 35:6Ezek 7:23Ezek 9:9Hos 4:2Hos 7:13

Isaiah 59:4⁴No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 15:35Mic 7:2-5Jas 1:15Jer 7:4Jer 7:8Isa 30:12Isa 59:16Mic 2:1Prov 4:16Ezek 22:29-31

Isaiah 59:5⁵They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, a poisonous snake is hatched.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 3:7Isa 14:29Job 8:14Matt 12:34Prov 23:32

Isaiah 59:6⁶Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 57:12Jer 6:7Rev 3:17-18Amos 3:10Amos 6:3Ezek 7:11Ezek 7:23Gen 6:11Hab 1:2-4Isa 28:18-20

Isaiah 59:7⁷They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 6:17Rom 3:15-17Mark 7:21-22Prov 1:16Acts 8:20-22Ezek 22:6Ezek 9:9Isa 59:3Isa 60:18Jer 22:17

Isaiah 59:8⁸They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 57:20-21Rom 3:17Isa 5:7Luke 1:79Ps 58:1-2Hos 4:1-2Jer 5:1Matt 23:23Amos 6:1-6Isa 48:22

Isaiah 59:9⁹For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 5:30Job 30:261 Thess 5:3Amos 5:18-20Hab 1:13Jer 14:19Jer 8:15Lam 5:16-17Mic 1:12

Isaiah 59:10¹⁰We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:29Job 5:14Lam 3:61 John 2:11Amos 8:9Isa 8:15Jer 13:16John 11:9-10John 12:35John 12:40

Isaiah 59:11¹¹We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 38:14Ezek 7:16Hos 7:14Isa 51:20Isa 59:9Jer 8:15Jer 9:1Job 30:28-29Ps 119:155Ps 32:3-4

Isaiah 59:12¹²For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 9:6Hos 5:5Jer 14:7Ezek 5:6Hos 4:2Isa 1:41 Thess 2:15-16Dan 9:5-8Ezek 16:51-52Ezek 22:2-12

Isaiah 59:13¹³We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 7:21-22Heb 3:12Jas 3:6Acts 5:3-4Ezek 18:25Ezek 6:9Hos 1:2Hos 11:12Hos 6:7Hos 7:13

Isaiah 59:14¹⁴Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 3:16Hab 1:4Amos 5:11Isa 1:21Isa 10:1-2Isa 5:23Jer 5:27-28Jer 5:31Mic 3:9-11Amos 5:7

Isaiah 59:15¹⁵Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 7:21 John 3:11-12Heb 11:36-38Jer 7:28Jer 5:1-2Ps 12:1-2Ps 5:9Rom 8:362 Chr 21:72 Cor 5:13

Isaiah 59:16¹⁶He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 22:30Isa 64:7Ps 106:23Ps 98:1Isa 41:28Isa 52:10Isa 63:3-5Mark 6:6Gen 18:23-32Isa 50:2

Isaiah 59:17¹⁷He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 6:17Eph 6:141 Thess 5:8Rom 13:12-14Isa 11:5Heb 10:30Isa 51:9Job 29:14John 2:17Isa 9:7

Isaiah 59:18¹⁸He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 17:10Isa 63:6Matt 16:27Rom 2:6Nah 1:2Isa 1:24Isa 49:25-26Isa 63:3Isa 66:15Job 34:11

Isaiah 59:19¹⁹In the west, people respect the Lord ’s reputation; in the east they recognize his splendor. For he comes like a rushing stream driven on by wind sent from the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 7:27Ps 113:3Zech 4:6Rev 12:15-17Ps 22:27Rev 17:14-15Mal 1:11Rev 12:10Rev 20:1-3Zeph 3:8-9

Isaiah 59:20²⁰“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:26-27Titus 2:11-14Acts 3:19Ezek 18:30-31Heb 12:14Joel 2:32Obad 1:17-21Acts 26:20Acts 3:26Dan 9:13

Isaiah 59:21²¹“As for me, this is my promise to them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” says the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 31:31-34Heb 10:16Ezek 36:25-27Jer 32:38-41Heb 8:6-132 Cor 3:17-18Isa 51:16Isa 44:3Isa 61:1-3John 4:14