Isaiah 59:20
Good News Translation
The LORD says to his people, "I will come to Jerusalem to defend you and to save all of you that turn from your sins.

New Revised Standard Version
And he will come to Zion as Redeemer, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression, says the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD has promised to rescue the city of Zion and Jacob's descendants who turn from sin.

New American Bible
Then for Zion shall come a redeemer, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression—oracle of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there shall come a redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.

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And there shall come a redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.

the Redeemer

Obadiah 1:17 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.

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Romans 11:26,27 And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. . . .

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Deuteronomy 30:1-10 Now when all these things shall be come upon thee, the blessing or the curse, which I have set forth before thee, and thou shalt be touched with repentance of thy heart among all the nations, into which the Lord thy God shall have scattered thee, . . .

Ezekiel 18:30,31 Therefore will I judge every man according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin. . . .

Daniel 9:13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: and we entreated not thy face, O Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and think on thy truth.

Acts 2:36-39 Therefore let all the house of Israel know most certainly that God hath made both Lord and Christ, this same Jesus, whom you have crucified. . . .

Acts 3:19,26 Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out. . . .

Acts 26:20 But to them first that are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that they should do penance and turn to God, doing works worthy of penance.

Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men: . . .

Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.

Context
The Covenant of the Redeemer
19And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his glory when he shall come as a violent stream, which the spirit of the Lord driveth on: 20And there shall come a redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord.21This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that 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.…
Cross References
Acts 2:38
But Peter said to them: Do penance: and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 2:39
For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall call.

Romans 11:26
And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Isaiah 60:16
And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and thou shalt be nursed with the breasts of kings: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore will I judge every man according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make to yourselves a new heart, and a new spirit: and why will you die, O house of Israel?

Isaiah 59:19
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