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Isaiah 59:16 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 59 · verse 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 59:16 · King James Version
Isaiah 59:16 in context
14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
15Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
16And 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.
17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnesstsᵉdâqâhrightness , subjectively , objectively , morally or figurativelyH6666 →
- intercessorpâgaʻto impinge, by accident or violence, or by importunityH6293 →
- salvationyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or freeH3467 →
- wonderedshâmêmto stunH8074 →
- sawrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- armzᵉrôwaʻthe arm , or the forelegH2220 →
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How sin abounded we have read, to our great amazement, in the former part of the chapter; how grace does much more abound we read in these verses.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-21