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Isaiah 59:17-19
New English Translation
Isaiah 59:17-19
New English Translation
17 He wears his desire for justice[a] like body armor,[b]
and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head.[c]
He puts on the garments of vengeance[d]
and wears zeal like a robe.
18 He repays them for what they have done,
dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries
and punishing his enemies.[e]
He repays the coastlands.[f]
19 In the west, people respect[g] the Lord’s reputation;[h]
in the east they recognize his splendor.[i]
For he comes like a rushing[j] stream
driven on by wind sent from the Lord.[k]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:17 tn Or “righteousness” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “goodness.”
- Isaiah 59:17 tn Or “a breastplate” (traditional; so many English versions); TEV “a coat of armour.”
- Isaiah 59:17 tn Heb “and [as] a helmet deliverance on his head.”
- Isaiah 59:17 tn Heb “and he puts on the clothes of vengeance [as] a garment.”
- Isaiah 59:18 tn Heb “in accordance with deeds, so he repays, anger to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies.”
- Isaiah 59:18 tn Or “islands” (KJV, NIV).
- Isaiah 59:19 tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read “see.”
- Isaiah 59:19 tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”
- Isaiah 59:19 tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”
- Isaiah 59:19 tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”
- Isaiah 59:19 tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).
Isaiah 59:17-19
New International Version
Isaiah 59:17-19
New International Version
17 He put on righteousness as his breastplate,(A)
and the helmet(B) of salvation on his head;
he put on the garments(C) of vengeance(D)
and wrapped himself in zeal(E) as in a cloak.
18 According to what they have done,
so will he repay(F)
wrath to his enemies
and retribution to his foes;
he will repay the islands(G) their due.
19 From the west,(H) people will fear the name of the Lord,
and from the rising of the sun,(I) they will revere his glory.(J)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
that the breath(K) of the Lord drives along.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight
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