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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.
19 The people of the west will fear the name of Yahweh.
    Those in the east will fear his glory.
    He will come like a rushing stream.
    The wind of Yahweh pushes him.

20 “Then a Go’el will come to Zion,
    to those in Jacob who turn from rebellion,” declares Yahweh.

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18 According to what they have done,
    so will he repay(A)
wrath to his enemies
    and retribution to his foes;
    he will repay the islands(B) their due.
19 From the west,(C) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,(D) they will revere his glory.(E)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath(F) of the Lord drives along.[a]

20 “The Redeemer(G) will come to Zion,(H)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(I)
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight