Search results for: Isaiah 64:8

Isaiah 59:10 (NIVUK)

Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

Isaiah 59:11 (NIVUK)

We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.

Isaiah 59:12 (NIVUK)

For our offences are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offences are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:

Isaiah 59:13 (NIVUK)

rebellion and treachery against the Lord , turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived.

Isaiah 59:14 (NIVUK)

So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:15 (NIVUK)

Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

Isaiah 59:16 (NIVUK)

He saw that there was no-one, he was appalled that there was no-one to intervene; so his own arm achieved salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.

Isaiah 59:17 (NIVUK)

He put on righteousness as his breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on his head; he put on the garments of vengeance and wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak.

Isaiah 59:18 (NIVUK)

According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.

Isaiah 59:19 (NIVUK)

From the west, people will fear the name of the Lord , and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory. For he will come like a pent-up flood that the breath of the Lord drives along.

Isaiah 59:20 (NIVUK)

‘The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,’ declares the Lord .

‘As for me, this is my covenant with them,’ says the Lord . ‘My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants – from this time on and for ever,’ says the Lord .

Isaiah 60:1 (NIVUK)

‘Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

Isaiah 60:2 (NIVUK)

See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.

Isaiah 60:3 (NIVUK)

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Isaiah 60:4 (NIVUK)

‘Lift up your eyes and look about you: all assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.

Isaiah 60:5 (NIVUK)

Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come.

Isaiah 60:6 (NIVUK)

Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the Lord .

Isaiah 60:7 (NIVUK)

All Kedar’s flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple.

Isaiah 60:9 (NIVUK)

Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honour of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendour.

Isaiah 60:10 (NIVUK)

‘Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favour I will show you compassion.

Isaiah 60:11 (NIVUK)

Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations – their kings led in triumphal procession.

Isaiah 60:12 (NIVUK)

For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.

Isaiah 60:13 (NIVUK)

‘The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the fir and the cypress together, to adorn my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place for my feet.

Isaiah 60:14 (NIVUK)

The children of your oppressors will come bowing before you; all who despise you will bow down at your feet and will call you the City of the Lord , Zion of the Holy One of Israel.