Verse 17
Isaiah 59:17
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
17
He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּלְבַּ֤שׁ צְדָקָה֙ כַּ/שִּׁרְיָ֔ן וְ/כ֥וֹבַע יְשׁוּעָ֖ה בְּ/רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ וַ/יִּלְבַּ֞שׁ בִּגְדֵ֤י נָקָם֙ תִּלְבֹּ֔שֶׁת וַ/יַּ֥עַט כַּ/מְעִ֖יל קִנְאָֽה
English Translation
And he put on righteousness like a breastplate and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing and wrapped himself in zeal like a cloak.
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Chapter 59 Context
1
Behold the hand of the Lord is not shortened that it cannot save, neither is his ear heavy that it c...
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But your iniquities have divided between you and your God (Elohim), and your sins have hid his face...
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3
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, a...
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4
There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust...
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5
They have broken the eggs of asps, and have woven the webs of spiders: he that shall eat of their eg...
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6
Their webs shall not be for clothing, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their wo...
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7
Their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are unprofitable thoug...
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8
They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps: their paths are becom...
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9
Therefore is judgment far from us, and justice shall not overtake us. We looked for light, and behol...
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10
We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumble...
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11
We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment,...
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12
For our iniquities are multiplied before thee, and our sins have testified against us: for our wicke...
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13
In sinning and lying against the Lord: and we have turned away so that we went not after our God (El...
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14
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth bath fallen down...
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15
And truth hath been forgotten: and he that departed from evil, lay open to be a prey: and the Lord s...
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16
And he saw that there is not a man: and he stood astonished, because there is none to oppose himself...
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17
He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments...
18
As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will...
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19
And they from the west, shall fear the name of the Lord: and they from the rising of the sun, his gl...
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20
And there shall come a, redeemer to Sion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the...
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21
This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have p...
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