📖 Isaiah — Chapter 59 (KJV)
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Isaiah 59:1 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, Rthat it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
Isaiah 59:2 But Ryour iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins Thave hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Isaiah 59:3 For Ryour hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Isaiah 59:4 None Rcalleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 59:5 They hatch RTcockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is Tcrushed breaketh out into a viper.
Isaiah 59:6 Their Rwebs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Isaiah 59:7 Their Rfeet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and Tdestruction are in their paths.
Isaiah 59:8 The Rway of peace they know not; and there is no Tjudgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Isaiah 59:9 Therefore Ris judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are Rin desolate places as dead men.
Isaiah 59:11 We Rroar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and Rour sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
Isaiah 59:13 In transgressing and Rlying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Isaiah 59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:15 Yea, Rtruth faileth; and he that departeth from evil Tmaketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and Tit displeased him that there was no judgment.
Isaiah 59:16 And Rhe saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
Isaiah 59:17 For Rhe put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Isaiah 59:18 RAccording to their Tdeeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Isaiah 59:19 So Rshall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall Tlift up a standard against him.
Isaiah 59:20 And Rthe Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 59:21 As for me, Rthis is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 59:1–7 — Sin separates and justice is abandoned
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The Lord’s ability to save and hear is not diminished. Violence, lies, and injustice explain separation, while spiderweb imagery exposes the inability of evil schemes to cover guilt.
Key Truth: Confess wrongdoing rather than blaming God’s power.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “____ , the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot …” (Isaiah 59:1)
Find it in Isaiah 59:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “None calleth for ____ , nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, …” (Isaiah 59:4)
Find it in Isaiah 59:4 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Their feet run to ____ , and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their …” (Isaiah 59:7)
Find it in Isaiah 59:7 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 59:8–14 — A community admits its crooked ways
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Peace and justice remain far away as the speakers acknowledge transgression. Truth has fallen in the street, leaving equity unable to enter communal life.
Key Truth: Let confession name the harm truthfully.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “The way of ____ they know not; and there is no judgment in their …” (Isaiah 59:8)
Find it in Isaiah 59:8 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And ____ is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for …” (Isaiah 59:14)
Find it in Isaiah 59:14 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth ____ overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for …” (Isaiah 59:9)
Find it in Isaiah 59:9 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 59:15–21 — The Lord acts and promises a Redeemer
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The Lord sees the absence of justice and acts with his own arm, clothed in righteousness and salvation. A Redeemer comes to those turning from transgression, and the covenant joins Spirit and word across generations.
Key Truth: Turn from sin and seek God’s restoring justice.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Yea, ____ faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a …” (Isaiah 59:15)
Find it in Isaiah 59:15 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “According to their ____ , accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence …” (Isaiah 59:18)
Find it in Isaiah 59:18 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the ____ of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.” (Isaiah 59:19)
Find it in Isaiah 59:19 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Romans 11:26 — Paul cites the promised Deliverer and removal of ungodliness.
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Reflect and Apply
Where should your confession lead to a repair of injustice?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. What explanation for failed deliverance is denied?
2. What has separated the people from their God?
3. How is public injustice pictured?
4. What does the LORD’s armour portray?
5. To whom in Jacob does the Redeemer come?
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