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Isaiah 59 Summary
God's Arm Brings Salvation
The LORD's hand is not shortened nor His ear heavy, but the people's iniquities separate them from God and hide His face from them, for their hands are defiled with blood, their lips speak lies, and their feet run to evil. There is no justice, and judgment is far from them; they wait for light but walk in darkness. Yet the LORD saw there was no man to intercede, and His own arm brought salvation; He shall come to Zion as Redeemer, and His Spirit and words upon the people shall not depart from them forever.
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Isaiah 59:1-2
“Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:”
Isaiah 59:3
“For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.”
Isaiah 59:16
“And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.”
Isaiah 59:21
“As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which 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.”
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