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ISAIAH
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Chapter 59
Isai GodsWord 59:1  The LORD is not too weak to save or his ear too deaf to hear.
Isai GodsWord 59:2  But your wrongs have separated you from your God, and your sins have made him hide his face so that he doesn't hear you.
Isai GodsWord 59:3  Your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers are stained with sin. You speak lies, and you mutter wicked things.
Isai GodsWord 59:4  No one calls for justice, and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
Isai GodsWord 59:5  They hatch viper eggs and weave spiderwebs. Those who eat their eggs will die. When an egg is crushed, a poisonous snake is hatched.
Isai GodsWord 59:6  Their webs can't be used for clothes, nor can they cover themselves with their works. Their works are evil. Their hands have committed acts of violence.
Isai GodsWord 59:7  Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their plans are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.
Isai GodsWord 59:8  They don't know the way of peace. There's no justice on their highways. They've made their paths crooked. Whoever walks on them will never know peace.
Isai GodsWord 59:9  That is why justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn't reach us. We hope for light, but we walk in darkness. We hope for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Isai GodsWord 59:10  We grope like blind men along a wall. We grope like people without eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. We are like dead people among healthy people.
Isai GodsWord 59:11  We 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.
Isai GodsWord 59:12  You are aware of our many rebellious acts. Our sins testify against us. Our rebellious acts are with us. We know our wrongdoings.
Isai GodsWord 59:13  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.
Isai GodsWord 59:14  Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty can't come in.
Isai GodsWord 59:15  Truth is missing. Those who turn away from evil make themselves victims. The LORD sees it, and he's angry because there's no justice.
Isai GodsWord 59:16  He sees that there's no one to help. He's astounded that there's no one to intercede. So with his own power he wins a victory. His righteousness supports him.
Isai GodsWord 59:17  He puts on righteousness like a coat of armor and a helmet of salvation on his head. He wears clothes of vengeance. He wraps himself with fury as a coat.
Isai GodsWord 59:18  He will pay them back according to their deeds. He will pay back his opponents with wrath and punish his enemies. He will pay back the people who live on the coastlands.
Isai GodsWord 59:19  The people of the west will fear the name of the LORD. Those in the east will fear his glory. He will come like a rushing stream. The wind of the LORD pushes him.
Isai GodsWord 59:20  "Then a Savior will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from rebellion," declares the LORD.
Isai GodsWord 59:21  "This is my promise to them," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I put in your mouth will not leave you. They will be with your children and your grandchildren permanently," says the LORD.