Isaiah 59:20

And the deliverer shall come for Zion’s sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

In Context

19So 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.

21And 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 forever.

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Cross References

Job 19:25For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me, 1

Isaiah 10:22And though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be saved.

Isaiah 62:11For behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy Savior has come to thee, having his reward and his work before his face.

Obadiah 1:17But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be a sanctuary; and the house of Jacob shall take for an inheritance those that took them for an inheritance.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:17-21

The Kind Interposition of God; Evangelical Promises. ( b. c. 706.) 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. 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his… Read the whole commentary →

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