rwbs - Isaiah:59-63

rwbs@Isaiah:59:1 @ Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

rwbs@Isaiah:59:2 @ But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid face from you, that he will not hear. (note:)have hid: or, have made him hide(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:59:3 @ For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath uttered perverseness.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:4 @ None calleth for justice, nor pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:5 @ They hatch eggs of an adder, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. (note:)cockatrice’: or, adder’s(:note)crushed…: or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper

rwbs@Isaiah:59:6 @ Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works works of iniquity, and the act of violence in their hands.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:7 @ Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction in their paths. (note:)destruction: Hebrews. breaking(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:59:8 @ The way of peace they know not; and no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whoever goeth in it shall not know peace. (note:)judgment: or, right(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:59:9 @ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, we walk in darkness.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:10 @ We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; in desolate places as dead.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:11 @ We all roar like bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but none; for salvation, it is far from us.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:12 @ For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions with us; and our iniquities, we know them;

rwbs@Isaiah:59:13 @ In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:14 @ And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:15 @ Yea, truth faileth; and he departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw, and it displeased him that no judgment. (note:)maketh…: or, is accounted mad(:note)it displeased…: Hebrews. it was evil in his eyes

rwbs@Isaiah:59:16 @ And he saw that no man, and wondered that no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:17 @ For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:18 @ According to deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the isles he will repay recompence. (note:)deeds: Hebrews. recompences(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:59:19 @ So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. (note:)lift…: or, put him to flight(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:59:20 @ And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Isaiah:59:21 @ As for me, this my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that 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.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:1 @ Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. (note:)shine…: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:60:2 @ For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:3 @ And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:4 @ Lift up thy eyes around, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at side.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:5 @ Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thy heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted to thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come to thee. (note:)abundance…: or, noise of the sea shall be turned toward thee(:note)forces: or, wealth

rwbs@Isaiah:60:6 @ The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the LORD.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:7 @ All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to thee: they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:8 @ Who these fly as a cloud, and as doves to their windows?

rwbs@Isaiah:60:9 @ Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:10 @ And the sons of foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:11 @ Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that may bring to thee the forces of the Gentiles, and their kings brought. (note:)forces: or, wealth(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:60:12 @ For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, nations shall be utterly wasted.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:13 @ The glory of Lebanon shall come to thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:14 @ The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending to thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:15 @ Though thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through, I will make thee an everlasting pride, a joy of many generations.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:16 @ Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:17 @ For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thy exactors righteousness.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:18 @ Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:19 @ The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to thee: but the LORD shall be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:20 @ Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thy everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:21 @ Thy people also all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

rwbs@Isaiah:60:22 @ A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

rwbs@Isaiah:61:1 @ The Spirit of the Lord GOD upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to bound;

rwbs@Isaiah:61:2 @ To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

rwbs@Isaiah:61:3 @ To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

rwbs@Isaiah:61:4 @ And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

rwbs@Isaiah:61:5 @ And foreigners shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien your plowmen and your vinedressers.

rwbs@Isaiah:61:6 @ But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

rwbs@Isaiah:61:7 @ For your shame double; and confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be to them.

rwbs@Isaiah:61:8 @ For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

rwbs@Isaiah:61:9 @ And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they the seed the LORD hath blessed.

rwbs@Isaiah:61:10 @ I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth with her jewels. (note:)decketh: Hebrews. decketh as a priest(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:61:11 @ For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

rwbs@Isaiah:62:1 @ For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until its righteousness shall go forth as brightness, and its salvation as a lamp burneth.

rwbs@Isaiah:62:2 @ And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

rwbs@Isaiah:62:3 @ Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

rwbs@Isaiah:62:4 @ Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. (note:)Hephzibah: that is, My delight is in her(:note)Beulah: that is, Married

rwbs@Isaiah:62:5 @ For a young man marrieth a virgin, shall thy sons marry thee: and the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, shall thy God rejoice over thee. (note:)as the…: Hebrews. with the joy of the bridegroom(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:62:6 @ I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, (note:)make…: or, are the LORD’s remembrancers(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:62:7 @ And give him no rest, till he shall establish, and till he shall make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. (note:)rest: Hebrews. silence(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:62:8 @ The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain food for thy enemies; and the sons of the foreigner shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured: (note:)Surely…: Hebrews. If I give, etc(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:62:9 @ But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

rwbs@Isaiah:62:10 @ Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

rwbs@Isaiah:62:11 @ Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed to the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward with him, and his work before him. (note:)work: or, recompence(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:62:12 @ And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:1 @ Who this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (note:)glorious: Hebrews. decked(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:63:2 @ Why red in thy apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winepress?

rwbs@Isaiah:63:3 @ I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:4 @ For the day of vengeance in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:5 @ And I looked, and none to help; and I wondered that none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my fury, it upheld me.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:6 @ And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:7 @ I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:8 @ For he said, Surely they my people, children will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:9 @ In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:10 @ But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, he fought against them.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:11 @ Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, his people,, Where he that brought them out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where he that put his Holy Spirit within him? (note:)shepherd: or, shepherds(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:63:12 @ That led by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

rwbs@Isaiah:63:13 @ That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, they should not stumble?

rwbs@Isaiah:63:14 @ As a beast goeth down in the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:15 @ Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy heart and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? (note:)the sounding: or, the multitude(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:63:16 @ Doubtless thou our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, our father, our redeemer; thy name from everlasting. (note:)our redeemer…: or, our redeemer from everlasting is thy name(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:63:17 @ O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thy inheritance.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:18 @ The people of thy holiness have possessed but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

rwbs@Isaiah:63:19 @ We are: thou never didst bear rule over them; they were not called by thy name. (note:)they…: Hebrews. thy name was not called upon them(:note)

rwbs@Isaiah:64:1 @ O that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,