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Themes in Isaiah 59

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Themes in Isaiah 59

Isaiah 59:1 (show verse)

"See, the LORD's hand is not too short to save, nor are his ears too dull to hear.

God » Hand of » Mighty
God » Hand of » Hearing of
Hand » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Hand of the lord » Unlimited » Power
divine Hand » God's » Mighty
divine Hand » Mighty
Hearing » Careless, characteristics of » Divine, God attentive to the prayers of the saints
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
Hiding » Who the lord hides himself from
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Iniquity » Who works iniquity
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
Mischief » Who is mischievous
Separation » What separates you from God
Sin » What sin does
Speech/communication » Who speaks perverseness
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
Trust » Who trusts in vanity
Violence » Who is violent

Isaiah 59:2 (show verse)

Instead, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you so that he won't listen.

Backsliding » Guilt and consequences of
Consequences of sin » death » Physical » Spiritual » Separation from God
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Face » God's hidden » God's face hidden on account of sin
God » Of israel » Face of, hidden
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
Hiding » Who the lord hides himself from
Iniquity » The reward for iniquity
Iniquity » Who works iniquity
Lying » A hindrance to prayer
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
Mischief » Who is mischievous
Murder » God » Rejects the prayers of those guilty of
Prayer » Causes of failure in » Iniquity
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Live in sin
Separation » What separates you from God
Sin » Penalty for » Separation from God
Sin » Secret » Separates from God
Sin » What sin does
Sin » Prayer hindered by
Sins » Penalty » Separation from God
national Sins » National prayer rejected on account of
Speech/communication » Who speaks perverseness
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
Transgression » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Trust » Who trusts in vanity
Violence » Who is violent
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Iniquity

Isaiah 59:3 (show verse)

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your tongue mutters wickedness.

Blood » Shedding of human » Defiling to the person
Defilement » Of sin
Defilement » Moral, caused by » Blood shedding
hands » Of the wicked, described as » Bloody
Iniquity » Who works iniquity
Lying » A hindrance to prayer
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
Mischief » Who is mischievous
Murder » God » Rejects the prayers of those guilty of
Murder » Defiles the » hands
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Are blood-shedders
Sin » Described as » Defiling
Speech/communication » Who speaks perverseness
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
Trust » Who trusts in vanity
Violence » Who is violent

Isaiah 59:4 (show verse)

No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Character » Of the wicked » Lying
Character of the wicked » Lying
Iniquity » Who works iniquity
Justice » The wicked » Call not for
Lying/lies » Who is a liar
Mischief » Who is mischievous
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in vanity
Trust » Who trusts in vanity
Truth » Adaption of » Attitude of wicked toward
Truth » Attitude of the wicked toward
Truth » The wicked » Plead not for
Truth » The evil people » Plead not for
Violence » Who is violent

Isaiah 59:5 (show verse)

They hatch adders' eggs and weave a spider's web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and any crushed egg hatches out futility.

Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents
Cockatrice » Figurative
Iniquity » Who works iniquity
Insects » Locusts » Spiders
Malice » Examples of
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Cockatrice or basilisk
Reptiles » Cockatrices
Serpents » Produced from eggs
Spider » Web of, figurative of the hope of the hypocrite
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
Violence » Who is violent
Viper » A serpent

Isaiah 59:6 (show verse)

Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.

Corruption » In politics in the church » The prevalence of violence
hands » Of the wicked, described as » Violent
Iniquity » Who works iniquity
Sin » Attempt to cover, vain
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
The Nation » Appointed by God corrupt » The prevalence of violence
Violence » Who is violent
The world » Conformity to forbidden creation of » Filled with violence

Isaiah 59:7 (show verse)

Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths.

Activity » Evil » General references to
Blood » Innocent, allusions to the shedding of
Character » Of the wicked » Destructive
Character of the wicked » Destructive
Crookedness » Those that make crooked paths
Evil » Activity » General references to
Evil » Those that pursue evil
Feet » People found at Christ's » Of the wicked
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
Violence » Who is violent
The wicked » Devices of » Feet of

Isaiah 59:8 (show verse)

The pathway of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their courses. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks in them will know peace."

Crookedness » Crookedness, general references to
Crookedness » Those that make crooked paths
Duplicity » Crookedness, general references to
Evil » Way » General references to
Evil » Those that pursue evil
Ignorance » Spiritual » General references to
No » Peace for the worldly and wicked
Pathway of sin » General references to
Peace » Social » No peace for the worldly and wicked
Spiritual » Ignorance » General references to
The counselors of peace » Who shall not have peace
Unrest » Folly of » Wicked have no peace
Way » Evil provided » Evil, pathway to sin

Isaiah 59:9 (show verse)

"So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We wait for light, but look there is darkness; we wait for brightness, but we walk in deep darkness.

Backsliding » Guilt and consequences of
Conscience » Guilty
Darkness » Illustrative of » Heavy afflictions
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Foretells calamities to judah

Isaiah 59:10 (show verse)

Let's grope along the wall like the blind; let us grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at midday as if it were twilight, in desolate places like dead people.

Backsliding » Guilt and consequences of
Blindness » Example of spiritual
Conscience » Guilty
Darkness » Effects of » Causes us to stumble
The Dead » Illustrative of » A state of deep affliction, &c
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Foretells calamities to judah
Spiritual » Blindness » Examples of

Isaiah 59:11 (show verse)

We all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.

Backsliding » Guilt and consequences of
Bear » Ferocity of
Bears » Growls when annoyed
Conscience » Guilty
Doves » Illustrative » Of mourners
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Foretells calamities to judah
Salvation » Is far off from the wicked

Isaiah 59:12 (show verse)

"For our transgressions before you are many, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them:

Backsliding » Sin of, to be confessed
Confession of sin » Examples of national
Conscience » Guilty
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Foretells calamities to judah
Nation » Spiritual » Sins of
Sin » Confession of » Examples of national

Isaiah 59:13 (show verse)

they've rebelled in treachery against the LORD, and are turning away from following our God; and they've spoken oppression and revolt, and are conceiving lying words from the heart.

Backsliding » Sin of, to be confessed
Conscience » Guilty
Rebellion » Examples of rebellion against God
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Departing from him

Isaiah 59:14 (show verse)

I'll drive back justice, and righteousness stands at a distance; for truth has fallen in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Backsliding » Sin of, to be confessed
Conscience » Guilty
Injustice » Examples of
Injustice » Exemplified » Jews
Justice » The wicked » Banish
Truth » The wicked » Uphold not
Truth » The evil people » Uphold not

Isaiah 59:15 (show verse)

Truth is missing, and whoever turns away from evil becomes a prey." "Then the LORD looked, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Armor » The lord armoring himself with righteousness and salvation
God » Christ as » Displeasure, on account of sin
Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
Opposition » Those that oppose the lord
Truth » The wicked » Uphold not
Truth » The evil people » Uphold not

Isaiah 59:16 (show verse)

He saw that there was no one, and was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm brought him victory, and his righteous acts upheld him.

Anthropomorphisms » Miscellaneous acts and states of mind attributed to » Amazement
Armor » The lord armoring himself with righteousness and salvation
The atonement » Necessity for
Christ » Reproves » Righteousness of
Christ » Indispensable absolutely indispensable » The only intercessor
Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
No » Helper
Only saviour » Absolutely indispensable » The only intercessor
Opposition » Those that oppose the lord
Righteousness » Of Christ
Righteousness » Christ » Was sustained by
Salvation » Is by Christ alone
Jesus Christ, Savior » Absolutely indispensable » The only intercessor
Soldiers » Figurative » Of the divine protection

Isaiah 59:17 (show verse)

He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury like a cloak.

Activity » Christ's zeal » General references to
Armor » The lord armoring himself with righteousness and salvation
Battle of Life » Weapons and armour of the saints » The helmet of salvation
Breastplate » Figurative
Breastplate » Armor for soldiers » Figurative
Breastplate » Illustrative of the » Righteous judgment of Christ
Christ » Divinity of Christ of God, universal » Zeal of
Fervour » Christ's zeal » General references to
Helmet » Figurative
Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
Opposition » Those that oppose the lord
Righteousness » Christ » Put on, as breast-plate
Salvation » Illustrated by » A helmet
Soldiers » Figurative » Of the divine protection
Zeal » Christ's » General references to

Isaiah 59:18 (show verse)

So he will repay according to their action: Anger to his enemies, retribution to his foes; to the coastlands he will render their due.

Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
Opposition » Those that oppose the lord
Punishment » According to deeds
Punishment » Of the wicked
Recompense » Of evil
Sin » Punishment of » Of the wicked
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Punishment of

Isaiah 59:19 (show verse)

So people will fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glories from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a pent-up stream that the breath of the LORD drives along.

God, Glory of » Reverence
Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
Protection » Is vouchsafed to saints in » Defending them against their enemies

Isaiah 59:20 (show verse)

"And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression," says the LORD.

Christ » Received » Redeemer
Israel/jews » The lord redeeming israel
Jesus Christ » Names of » Redeemer
Jews, the » Promises respecting » That Christ shall appear amongst
Jews, the » Promises respecting » Salvation
Zion » Restoration of, promised

"As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "And my Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, won't depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of your children's children, from now on and forever."

Covenant » The divine, general references to
Covenant » Instances of » With his people
The Covenant » Is unalterable
Covenants » The divine, general references to
the Gift of the Holy Spirit » Is permanent
Holy spirit » The holy spirit speaking through people
Holy spirit » Promised » Outpouring of, promised
Speech/communication » The holy spirit speaking through people
Spirit » The leadership of holy spirit » Outpouring of, promised
Spirit » Promised » Outpouring of, promised