English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 59, verse 37 in Erven Version

Isaiah 59 : 1 (ERVEN)

Look, the Lord's power is enough to save you. He can hear you when you ask him for help.

Isaiah 59 : 2 (ERVEN)

It is your sins that separate you from your God. The Lord turns away from you when he sees them.

Isaiah 59 : 3 (ERVEN)

That is because your hands are covered with blood from the people you murdered. You tell lies and say evil things.

Isaiah 59 : 4 (ERVEN)

You can't be trusted, even in court. You lie about each other and depend on false arguments to win your cases. You create pain and produce wickedness.

Isaiah 59 : 5 (ERVEN)

You hatch evil, like eggs from a poisonous snake. Anyone who eats the eggs will die. And if you break one of them open, a poisonous snake will come out. Your lies are like spider webs.

Isaiah 59 : 6 (ERVEN)

They cannot be used for clothes, and you cannot cover yourself with them. You use your hands to do evil and to hurt other people.

Isaiah 59 : 7 (ERVEN)

Your feet run toward evil. You are always ready to kill innocent people. You think of nothing but evil. Everywhere you go you cause trouble and ruin.

Isaiah 59 : 8 (ERVEN)

You don't know how to live in peace. You don't do what is right and fair. You are crooked, and anyone who lives like that will never know true peace.

Isaiah 59 : 9 (ERVEN)

All fairness and goodness are gone. There is only darkness around us, so we must wait for the light. We hope for a bright light, but all we have is darkness.

Isaiah 59 : 10 (ERVEN)

We are like people without eyes. We walk into walls like blind people. We stumble and fall as if it was night. Even in the daylight, we cannot see. At noontime, we fall like dead men.

Isaiah 59 : 11 (ERVEN)

We are always complaining; we growl like bears and moan like doves. We are waiting for justice, but there is none. We are waiting to be saved, but salvation is still far away.

Isaiah 59 : 12 (ERVEN)

That's because we committed crimes against our God. Our own sins speak out against us. We know we are guilty. We know we have sinned.

Isaiah 59 : 13 (ERVEN)

We rebelled against the Lord and lied to him. We turned away from our God and left him. We planned to hurt others and to rebel against God. From hearts filled with lies, we talked about it and made our plans.

Isaiah 59 : 14 (ERVEN)

We pushed Justice away. Fairness stands off in the distance. Truth has fallen in the streets. Goodness is not allowed in the city.

Isaiah 59 : 15 (ERVEN)

Loyalty is gone, and people who try to do good are robbed. The Lord looked and saw there was no justice. He did not like what he saw.

Isaiah 59 : 16 (ERVEN)

He did not see anyone speaking for the people. He was shocked to see that no one stood up for them. So with his own power he saved them. His desire to do what is right gave him strength.

Isaiah 59 : 17 (ERVEN)

He put on the armor of goodness, the helmet of salvation, the uniform of punishment, and the coat of strong love.

Isaiah 59 : 18 (ERVEN)

He will give his enemies the punishment they deserve. They will feel his anger. He will punish all his enemies. People along the coast will get the punishment they deserve.

Isaiah 59 : 19 (ERVEN)

People from the west to the east will fear the Lord and respect his Glory. He will come quickly, like a fastflowing river, driven by a wind from the Lord.

Isaiah 59 : 20 (ERVEN)

Then a redeemer will come to Zion to save the people of Jacob who have turned away from sin.

Isaiah 59 : 21 (ERVEN)

The Lord says, "As for me, this is the agreement that I will make with these people. I promise my Spirit that I put on you and my words that I put in your mouth will never leave you. They will be with you and your children and your children's children, for now and forever.