Isaiah 59:14-21 ▼

14 And justice is driven back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has stumbled in the plaza, and straightness is not able to enter.

15 And the truth is missing, and the one turning away from evil makes himself plunder. And YHWH saw it, and it was evil in His eyes that there was no justice.

16 And He saw that there was no man and He was astonished that there was no one interceding, and His own arm brought salvation for Him, and His own righteousness, it upheld him.

17 And He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; and He put on the garments of vengeance as clothing, and wrapped himself in a cloak of zeal.

18 According to the dealings, accordingly He will repay—wrath for His adversaries, recompense for His enemies; for the islands He will repay recompense.

19 And will they fear from the west the name of YHWH, and from the rising of the sun His glory. For He will come like a torrent being pressed, as the Spirit of YHWH drives it along.

20 “And He will come to Zion as One redeeming, and for those turning back from transgression in Jacob, a declaration of YHWH.

21 “And Me, this is My covenant with them,” says YHWH. “My Spirit who is upon you, and My words that I have put in your mouth, they will not depart from your mouth and from the mouth of your seed, and from the mouth of the seed of your seed, says YHWH, from now and even to forever.”