Isaiah 59:16

And He saw that there was no ish (man), 1 and was appalled that there was no Mafgi'a (Intercessor); 1 therefore His own Zero'a (Arm) wrought Salvation unto Him; 1 and His own tzedakah (righteousness) He relied on. + 59:16 Isa 53:1; Jer 23:6 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Indeed, emes (truth) faileth; 1 and he that departeth from rah (evil) 1 maketh himself a prey; 1 And Hashem saw it, 1 and it was displeasing in His sight 1 that there was no mishpat (justice). 1

17For He put on tzedakah as breastplate armor, 1 and a helmet of Yeshu'ah (Salvation, Saving Power) upon His rosh; 1 and He put on the bigdei nakam (garments of vengeance) for a uniform, 1 and was clad with kinah (zeal) as a me'il (mantle, cloak). 1

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Cross References

Psalms 94:16Who will rise up for Me against the evildoers? 1 Or who will take a stand for Me against the po'alei aven (workers of iniquity)? 1

Psalms 106:23Therefore He said that He would destroy them, 1 had not Moshe His bechir (chosen one) 1 stood before Him in the peretz (breach), 1 to turn away His wrath, lest He should destroy them. 1

Isaiah 50:2Why, when I came, was there no ish (man [at all] to respond)? 1 When I called, was there none to answer? 1 Is My Yad too short, that it cannot redeem? 1 Or have I no ko'ach (power) to save? 1 Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the yam (sea), 1 I make the neharot (rivers) a midbar (desert); 1 their dag (fish) stink, because there is no mayim, 1 and die of tzama (thirst). 1

Isaiah 52:10Hashem hath made bare His zero'a kedoshah + 52:10 See Isa 53:1 1 in the eyes of Kol HaGoyim; 1 and all the ends of ha'aretz 1 shall see the Yeshu'at Eloheinu. 1

Isaiah 62:8Hashem hath sworn by His yamin, 1 and by the zero'a of His oz (might), 1 Surely I will no more give thy dagan 1 (grain) to be food for thine oyevim; 1 and the bnei nekhar shall not drink thy tirosh, 1 for the which thou hast toiled; 1

Isaiah 63:5And I looked, 1 and there was no ozer (helper); 1 and I was appalled 1 that there was no supporter; 1 therefore Mine own zero'a wrought Salvation for Me; 1 and My wrath, it upheld Me. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:10-16

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 12 For our transgressions… Read the whole commentary →

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