|
  59:1 ¶
Has the hand of the Lord no power to save? or has he made his ear heavy, so that he should not hear? |
|
59:1 ¶
Behold,º
Yahweh'sº
handº
is notº
shortened,ºº
that it cannot save;ººº
neitherº
his earº
heavy,ºº
that it cannot hear:ººº |
|
59:2
Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away [his] face from you, so as not to have mercy [upon you]. |
59:2
Butºº
your iniquitiesº
haveº
separatedºº
betweenº
you and your Elohim,º
and your sinsº
have hidºº
[his] faceº
fromº
you, that he will not hear.ººº |
|
59:3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with sins; your lips also have spoken iniquity, and your tongue meditates unrighteousness. |
59:3
Forº
your handsº
are defiledºº
with blood,º
and your fingersº
with iniquity;º
your lipsº
have spokenºº
lies,º
your tongueº
hath mutteredºº
perverseness.º |
|
59:4
None speaks justly, neither is there true judgment: they trust in vanities, and speak empty [words]; for they conceive trouble, and bring forth iniquity. |
59:4
Noneº
callethºº
for justice,º
norº
[any] pleadethºº
for truth:º
they trustºº
inº
vanity,º
and speakºº
lies;º
they conceiveºº
mischief,º
and bring forthºº
iniquity.º |
|
59:5
They have hatched asps' eggs, and weave a spider's web: and he that is going to eat of their eggs, having crushed an addled egg, has found also in it a basilisk. |
59:5
They hatchºº
cockatrice'º
eggs,º
and weaveºº
the spider'sº
web:º
he that eatethºº
of their eggsºº
dieth,ºº
and that which is crushedº
breaketh outºº
into a viper.º |
|
59:6
Their web shall not become a garment, nor shall they at all clothe themselves with their works; for their works are works of iniquity. |
59:6
Their websº
shall notº
becomeº
garments,º
neitherº
shall they coverºº
themselvesº
with their works:º
their worksº
[are] worksº
of iniquity,º
and the actº
of violenceº
[is] in their hands.º |
|
59:7
And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways; |
59:7
Their feetº
runºº
to evil,º
and they make hasteºº
to shedºº
innocentº
blood:º
their thoughtsº
[are] thoughtsº
of iniquity;º
wastingº
and destructionº
[are] in their paths.º |
|
59:8
and the way of peace they know not, neither is there judgment in their ways; for their paths by which they go are crooked, and they know not peace. |
59:8
The wayº
of peaceº
they knowºº
not;º
and [there is] noº
judgmentº
in their goings:º
they have made them crookedºº
paths:º
whosoeverº
goethºº
therein shall notº
knowºº
peace.º |
|
59:9 ¶
Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity. |
59:9 ¶
Thereforeºº
is judgmentº
farººº
fromº
us, neitherº
doth justiceº
overtakeºº
us: we waitºº
for light,º
but beholdº
obscurity;º
for brightness,º
[but] we walkºº
in darkness.º |
|
59:10
They shall feel for the wall as blind [men], and shall feel [for it] as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noon-day as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men. |
59:10
We gropeºº
for the wallº
like the blind,º
and we gropeºº
as if [we had] noº
eyes:º
we stumbleºº
at noondayº
as in the night;º
[we are] in desolateº
placesº
as deadºº
[men]. |
|
59:11
They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us. |
59:11
We roarºº
allº
like bears,º
and mournºº
soreºº
like doves:º
we lookºº
for judgment,º
but [there is] none;º
for salvation,º
[but] it is far offºº
fromº
us. |
|
59:12
For our iniquity is great before thee, and our sins have risen up against us: for our iniquities are in us, and we know our unrighteous deeds. |
59:12
Forº
our transgressionsº
are multipliedºº
beforeº
thee, and our sinsº
testifyºº
against us: forº
our transgressionsº
[are] withº
us; and [as for] our iniquities,º
we knowºº
them; |
|
59:13
We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words. |
59:13
In transgressingºº
and lyingºº
against Yahweh,º
and departing awayºº
fromºº
our Elohim,º
speakingºº
oppressionº
and revolt,º
conceivingºº
and utteringºº
from the heartºº
wordsº
of falsehood.º |
|
59:14
And we have turned judgment back, and righteousness has departed afar off: for truth is consumed in their ways, and they could not pass by a straight [path]. |
59:14
And judgmentº
is turned awayºº
backward,º
and justiceº
standethºº
afar off:ºº
forº
truthº
is fallenºº
in the street,º
and equityº
cannotººº
enter.ºº |
|
59:15
And truth has been taken away, and they have turned aside [their] mind from understanding. And the Lord saw it, and it pleased him not that there was no judgment. |
59:15
Yea, truthº
faileth;ººº
and he [that] departethºº
from evilºº
maketh himself a prey:ºº
and Yahwehº
sawºº
[it], and it displeasedºººº
him thatº
[there was] noº
judgment.º |
|
59:16 ¶
And he looked, and there was no man, and he observed, and there was none to help: so he defended them with his arm, and stablished [them] with [his] mercy. |
59:16 ¶
And he sawºº
thatº
[there was] noº
man,º
and wonderedºº
thatº
[there was] noº
intercessor:ºº
therefore his armº
brought salvationºº
unto him; and his righteousness,º
itº
sustainedºº
him. |
|
59:17
And he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak, |
59:17
For he put onºº
righteousnessº
as a breastplate,º
and an helmetº
of salvationº
upon his head;º
and he put onºº
the garmentsº
of vengeanceº
[for] clothing,º
and was cladºº
with zealº
as a cloke.º |
|
59:18
as one about to render a recompence, [even] reproach to his adversaries. |
59:18
Accordingº
toº
[their] deeds,º
accordinglyº
he will repay,ºº
furyº
to his adversaries,º
recompenceº
to his enemies;ºº
to the islandsº
he will repayºº
recompence.º |
|
59:19
So shall they of the west fear the name of the Lord, and they [that come] from the rising of the sun his glorious name: for the wrath of the Lord shall come as a mighty river, it shall come with fury. |
59:19
So shall they fearººº
the nameº
of Yahwehº
from the west,ºº
andº
his gloryº
from the risingºº
of the sun.º
Whenº
the enemyº
shall come inºº
like a flood,º
the Spiritº
of Yahwehº
shall lift up a standardºº
against him. |
|
59:20 ¶
And the deliverer shall come for Zion's{gr.Sion} sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. |
59:20 ¶
And the Redeemerºº
shall comeºº
to Zion,º
and unto them that turnºº
fromº
transgressionº
in Jacob,º
saithºº
Yahweh.º |
|
59:21
And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon thee, and the words which I have put in thy mouth, shall never fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and for ever. |
59:21
As for me,º
thisº
[is] my covenantº
withº
them, saithºº
Yahweh;º
My spiritº
thatº
[is] uponº
thee, and my wordsº
whichº
I have putºº
in thy mouth,º
shall notº
departºº
out of thy mouth,ºº
nor out of the mouthºº
of thy seed,º
nor out of the mouthºº
of thy seed'sº
seed,º
saithºº
Yahweh,º
from henceforthºº
and forº
ever.ºº |
