Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 59

2 verses with confession references in this chapter

  1. 1 Surely the arm of Yahweh is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. After Surely the arm of Yahweh is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
  2. 2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. MORE
  3. 3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
  4. 4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
  5. 5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
  6. 6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
  7. 7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
  8. 8 The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
  9. 9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
  10. 10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.
  11. 11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
  12. 12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
  13. 13 rebelling and denying Yahweh, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart. After rebelling and denying Yahweh, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.
  14. 14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
  15. 15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. Yahweh looked and was displeased that there was no justice. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. After Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. Yahweh looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
  16. 16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
  17. 17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
  18. 18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
  19. 19 So shall they fear the name of Yahweh where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of Yahweh. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD. After So shall they fear the name of Yahweh where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of Yahweh.
  20. 20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares Yahweh. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. After “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares Yahweh.
  21. 21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says Yahweh. BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD. After “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says Yahweh. MORE