Isaiah 59:21

This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: My Spirit will not leave you, and you will always have my message. You will be able to declare it [MTY], and your children and grandchildren will be able to declare it forever.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is 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.

In Context

20And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free his people; he will come to rescue those in Judah who have quit ◄doing sinful things/their sinful behavior►.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:43Always enable me to [LIT] speak your truth, because I have confidence in ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given us►.

Isaiah 11:1Like [MET] a new shoot often grows from the stump of a tree, there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king.

Isaiah 49:8This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued from your oppressors, I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned.

Isaiah 55:3Listen to me and come to me; pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life in your souls. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever to faithfully love you like I loved King David.

Isaiah 66:22I also promise that just like the new heaven and the new earth will last forever, you will always have descendants, and you [MTY] will always be honored.

Jeremiah 31:31I, Yahweh, say this: ‘There will be a time when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah.

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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