Isaiah 59:15-21

Isaiah 59:15 b - Isaiah 59:21. Yahweh Himself Becomes the Champion of the Right. Yahweh is indignant that Right is absent. He sees there is none to interpose (mg.) for her, so His own power brings the deliverance He desires, His victorious might sustaining Him in His strife. He arrays Himself as a warrior, Victory His cuirass, Deliverance His helmet, Vengeance His garments, and the Wrath of Indignation His cloak. Thus equipped, He proceeds to render to every deed its recompence, fury to His foes, shame (LXX) to His enemies. His administration of justice among His people shall bring Him world-wide glory, for His vengeance shall be swift and sudden like the movement of a stream pent in a gorge (cf. mg.) and driven fiercely before the breath of Yahweh. To Zion He shall come as a redeemer to remove rebellion from Jacob (LXX, and Romans 11:26).

Isaiah 59:16. unto him: rather, for him, in accord with his wish. righteousness: here and in Isaiah 59:17 the power to make things right = might.

Isaiah 59:18. According to. repay: read probably, according to deserts so is their recompence. to the islands... recompence: an incorrect gloss on enemies, absent from LXX.

Isaiah 59:19. fear: read, see, with many MSS. he: rather, it, the recompence.

Isaiah 59:21. A late gloss, asserting the permanence of the covenant with the reformed community.