1 Surely Jehovah’s hand has not become too short to save,nor his ear dull of hearing!
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2 It is your iniquities that separate you from your God;your sins hide his face, so that he does not hear you.
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3 For your palms are defiled with blood,your fingers with iniquity;your lips speak guile, your tongue utters duplicity.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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4 None calls for righteousness;no one sues for an honest cause.They rely on empty words, deceitfully spoken;they conceive misdeeds, they beget wickedness.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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5 They hatch vipers’ eggs and spin spiders’ webs;whoever eats of their eggs dies,and if any is smashed, there emerges a serpent.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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6 Their cobwebs are useless as clothing;their fabrications are worthless for covering themselves.Their works consist of wrongdoing;they manipulate injurious dealings.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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7 Their feet rush after evil;they hasten to shed innocent blood.Their thoughts are preoccupied with mischief;havoc and disaster follow in their wake.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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8 They are unacquainted with the way of perfection;integrity is not within their bounds.They have made crooked their paths;none who treads them knows peace.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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9 Therefore redress remains far from usand righteousness is unable to reach us.We look for light, but there prevails darkness;for a glimmer of hope, but we walk amid gloom.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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10 We grope along the borders like the blind;we flounder like those without eyes.We stumble at noon as in the dark of night;in the prime of life we resemble the dead.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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11 We grumble like bears, all of us;we moan incessantly like doves.We expect justice when there is none;we look for salvation, but it eludes us.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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12 For our transgressions before you have multiplied;our sins testify against us.Our offenses are evident; we perceive our iniquities:
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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13 willfully denying Jehovah,backing away from following our God,perversely planning ways of extortion,conceiving in the mind and ponderingillicit transactions.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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14 And so redress is compelled to back away,and righteousness to stand at a distance;truth stumbles in the public placeand uprightness cannot enter.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies righteousness but whom Jehovah's self-righteous people spurn at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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15 When integrity is lacking,they who shun evil become a prey.Jehovah saw that there was no justice,and it displeased him.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies righteousness but whom Jehovah's self-righteous people spurn at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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When he saw it, he wondered
why there was no man, no one who would intercede.
So his own arm brought about salvation for him;
his righteousness rallied to his cause.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies righteousness but whom Jehovah's self-righteous people spurn at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his elect when he comes to reign among them and ushers in the earth's millennial age of peace.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to establish his reign of peace.
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17 He put on righteousness as a breastplateand made salvation the helmet on his head;he clothed himself with vengeance for a garmentand wrapped himself in fury as in a robe.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies righteousness but whom Jehovah's self-righteous people spurn at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his elect when he comes to reign among them and ushers in the earth's millennial age of peace.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to establish his reign of peace.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who metes out justice to the wicked of the world at the time Jehovah empowers him to cleanse the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent on their own volition or are persuaded to repent after suffering for their sins.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's vengeance on the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's fury toward the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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18 According to what they deserve, he will repay them:wrath upon his adversaries,reprisals upon his enemies;to the isles he will render retribution.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies righteousness but whom Jehovah's self-righteous people spurn at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his elect when he comes to reign among them and ushers in the earth's millennial age of peace.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to establish his reign of peace.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who metes out justice to the wicked of the world at the time Jehovah empowers him to cleanse the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent on their own volition or are persuaded to repent after suffering for their sins.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's vengeance on the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's fury toward the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath toward the wicked of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who carries out Jehovah's reprisals on the reprobates of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's retribution on the reprobates of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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19 From the west men will fear Jehovah Omnipotent,aand from the rising of the sun his glory.For he will come upon them like a hostile torrentimpelled by the Spirit of Jehovah.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his hand of deliverance, whom Jehovah empowers to deliver his repentant people at the time his coming to reign on the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies righteousness but whom Jehovah's self-righteous people spurn at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his elect when he comes to reign among them and ushers in the earth's millennial age of peace.
green
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to establish his reign of peace.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who metes out justice to the wicked of the world at the time Jehovah empowers him to cleanse the earth.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent on their own volition or are persuaded to repent after suffering for their sins.
green
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's vengeance on the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's fury toward the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath toward the wicked of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who carries out Jehovah's reprisals on the reprobates of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's retribution on the reprobates of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to its inhabitants since the Flood.
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20 But he will come as Redeemer to Zion,to those of Jacob who repent of transgression,says Jehovah.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his hand of deliverance, whom Jehovah empowers to deliver his repentant people at the time his coming to reign on the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies righteousness but whom Jehovah's self-righteous people spurn at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his elect when he comes to reign among them and ushers in the earth's millennial age of peace.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to establish his reign of peace.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who metes out justice to the wicked of the world at the time Jehovah empowers him to cleanse the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent on their own volition or are persuaded to repent after suffering for their sins.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's vengeance on the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's fury toward the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath toward the wicked of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who carries out Jehovah's reprisals on the reprobates of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's retribution on the reprobates of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to its inhabitants since the Flood.
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21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, says Jehovah: My Spirit which is upon you and my words which I have placed in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of their offspring, says Jehovah, from now on and forever.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his hand of deliverance, whom Jehovah empowers to deliver his repentant people at the time his coming to reign on the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the lips the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, the tongue the wicked of Jehovah's people and the nations emulate in speaking lies and deceit as they pursue their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies Jehovah's righteousness but whom his hypocritical people repudiate at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, whom Jehovah appoints to teach his people the way of righteousness but whom his self-righteous people repudiate.
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A creation motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who personifies Jehovah's light to his people in a time of apostasy and who instructs them in Jehovah's law and word.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who typifies the powers of darkness in the world and who deceives Jehovah's alienated people and the nations.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his repentant people but whom those who don't repent repudiate by pursuing their self-serving ends.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who exemplifies righteousness but whom Jehovah's self-righteous people spurn at the time Jehovah appoints him to instruct them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his elect when he comes to reign among them and ushers in the earth's millennial age of peace.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who prepares the way among Jehovah's people and the nations for Jehovah's coming to establish his reign of peace.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, who metes out justice to the wicked of the world at the time Jehovah empowers him to cleanse the earth.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, who personifies everlasting salvation to his people who repent on their own volition or are persuaded to repent after suffering for their sins.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's vengeance on the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's fury toward the miscreants of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath toward the wicked of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who carries out Jehovah's reprisals on the reprobates of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's retribution on the reprobates of his people and the nations when Jehovah comes out in judgment against them.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to its inhabitants since the Flood.
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(1) Jehovah's everlasting covenant as manifested by his Spirit's indwelling in his elect; and (2) Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as its mediator as did Moses and who teaches Jehovah's law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as Jehovah's mouth to his people, who administers the ordinances of his covenant and who rules with Jehovah in the earth's millennial age of peace.
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Apocalyptic Commentary
Isaiah 59
Those who continue to worship Jehovah though “not in truth or in righteousness” (Isaiah 48:1); who persist in oppressing others and desecrating the Sabbath (Isaiah 58:3-4, Isaiah 58:3-4, 13); who reject Jehovah’s servant who confronts them with these things—his hand that he sends to deliver them (Isaiah 50:2; 58:1)—such persons increasingly harden their hearts and grow more alienated until they disqualify themselves from participating in Jehovah’s restoration of his people (Isaiah 6:9-10). Their unrepented sins and iniquities remain with them, cutting them off from Jehovah’s presence (Isaiah 48:18-19).
Perhaps without realizing how far they have drifted into apostasy, Jehovah’s people pursue a pattern of wickedness until they become irredeemable: “Though you pray at length, I will not hear—your hands are filled with blood” (Isaiah 1:15). That pattern is of the archtyrant—the lips that speak guile and the tongue that utters duplicity. It is not of Jehovah’s servant, who exemplifies righteousness and is forthright of speech (Isaiah 45:19). By now, Jehovah’s alienated people have decided which exemplar they want to emulate, with inevitable consequences to follow (vv 9-11; Isaiah 63:18-19).
The “empty words deceitfully spoken” that Jehovah’s apostate people rely on, and the “misdeeds” or “oppression” (‘amal) they conceive in their hearts, have become so habitual that their entire lives are compromised by evil: “The godless utter blasphemy; their heart ponders impiety: how to practice hypocrisy and preach perverse things concerning Jehovah, leaving the hungry soul empty, depriving the thirsty [soul] of drink. And rogues scheme by malevolent means and insidious devices to ruin the poor, and with false slogans and accusations to denounce the needy” (Isaiah 32:6-7; cf. 29:15).
The chaotic ways of the wicked entangle them and their associations in sin like spiders’ webs and breed a concoction toxic to consume. In the day of their deprivation, the schemes they hatched to benefit themselves by depriving others won’t serve to cover their crimes. As it was before the Flood, “God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5). In this repeat of history, however, Jehovah’s alienated people are the ringleaders of injustice and the catalyst of his Day of Judgment (Isaiah 9:13-19).
The “way of perfection” is Jehovah’s way: “I Jehovah your God instruct you to your good, guiding you in the way you should go” (Isaiah 48:17); “The path of the righteous is straight; you pave an undeviating course for the upright” (Isaiah 26:7). Jehovah’s “way” leads into his presence and facilitates his coming to reign on the earth: “Prepare the way; remove the obstacles from the path of my people!” (Isaiah 57:14; cf. 40:3; 62:10). Like the “insensible shepherds” of Jehovah’s people, however, the wicked are “all diverted to their own way, every one after his own advantage” (Isaiah 56:11; cf. 65:2).
The “crooked paths” the wicked make for themselves lead into realms of darkness and destruction (vv 9-10): “They have no desire to walk in his ways or obey his law. So in the heat of his anger he pours out on them the violence of war, till it envelopes them in flames—yet they remain unaware—till it sets them on fire; yet they take it not to heart” (Isaiah 42:24-25; cf. 26:10-11). Their lack of “integrity” or “justice” (mispat) hastens Jehovah’s Day of Judgment (vv 15-19; Isaiah 5:23-24; 10:1-3). Those who “tread” or “march” (dorek) their own way can never enjoy peace (Isaiah 48:22; 57:20-21).
Instead of their light breaking through like the dawn, their healing taking effect, and their righteousness going before them in the new exodus (Isaiah 58:8), the wicked are left to their own devices. Once the righteous are withdrawn from impending calamity (Isaiah 57:1), the wicked are subjected to the powers of darkness (Isaiah 5:30). Those who worked in the dark, thinking to hide their schemes from Jehovah (Isaiah 29:15), are banished into outer darkness (Isaiah 8:22). Those who wrought injustices (Isaiah 5:7) experience Jehovah’s justice instead of his everlasting salvation (Isaiah 1:23-24; 51:6).
Covenant curses coming upon Jehovah’s people who didn’t repent when admonished to do so (Isaiah 55:6-7; 58:1) have their desired effect when they lead to repentance. The first step in that process is to acknowledge one’s transgressions, offenses, sins, and iniquities (Isaiah 6:10). But when backtracking in one’s relationship with Jehovah leads to hypocritical worship and the loss of spiritual light, predatory activities tend to supplant keeping Jehovah’s law and word that are the terms of his covenant. And when things reach that point the road back to Jehovah is long, hard, and painful (Isaiah 64:5-12).
As the consequences of transgression set in and those who oppressed others are now themselves oppressed, the full weight of their misdeeds hits home. Because there was no “redress” or ‘justice” (mispat) for those whom they wronged, there now exists none for them. Because their righteousness before God was self-righteousness, righteousness—Jehovah’s servant—led away the righteous from among them (Isaiah 58:8). As even those who now repent and stand up for the truth are themselves victimized, in such an adversarial climate integrity or uprightness stands little chance of being restored.
Even as his people grow ripe for destruction, Jehovah intervenes to deliver those who repent. He appoints his servant—his arm of righteousness—to restore justice in the earth (Isaiah 42:1-4), to deliver the righteous (Isaiah 51:9-11), to put down the wicked (Isaiah 41:2), and to prepare the way for salvation—their Savior (Isaiah 62:11). As the synonymous parallelism of arm and righteousness identifies one with the other, so a “man,” in the fullest sense of the term, is one who “intercedes” or “intervenes” (mapgiya‘) on behalf of others, especially under the terms of the Davidic Covenant (Isaiah 32:1-2).
Jehovah’s righteous warrior aspect grows prominent in his Day of Judgment: “Jehovah will come forth like a warrior, his passions aroused like a fighter; he will give the war cry, raise the shout of victory over his enemies” (Isaiah 42:13); “When my sword drinks its fill in the heavens, it shall come down on Edom in judgment, on the people I have sentenced to damnation. . . . It is Jehovah’s day of vengeance, the year of retribution on behalf of Zion” (Isaiah 34:5, 8); “For with fire and with his sword shall Jehovah execute judgment on all flesh, and those slain by Jehovah shall be many” (Isaiah 66:16).
Executing Jehovah’s judgment upon a wicked world are (1) the king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah’s vengeance, fury, wrath, and reprisals or retribution (Isaiah 10:5-6; 34:2); (2) Jehovah’s servant, who personifies his arm of righteousness (vv 16-17; Isaiah 41:2; 51:9); and (3) Jehovah himself, who personifies his people’s salvation (vv 16-17; Isaiah 12:2; 62:11). Jehovah’s Day of Judgment thus portends his coming in person when the earth has been cleansed of wickedness: “See, your God is coming to avenge and to reward; God himself will come and deliver you” (Isaiah 35:4; cf. v 20).
Deliverance and destruction characterize the time of Jehovah’s coming to reign on the earth. Destruction overtakes “enemies” and “adversaries” (v 18)—whether those of his own people (Isaiah 1:24; 26:11) or the nations (Isaiah 41:11; 42:13)—all who violate the rights of his elect. Upon them Jehovah sends a hostile “torrent” or “river” (nahar)—the king of Assyria/Babylon at the height of his power (Isaiah 7:20; 8:7). Redemption comes to the Zion/Jerusalem category of Jehovah’s people and levels higher, including persons in the Jacob/Israel category who repent of transgression (cf. Isaiah 1:27).
The endowment of Jehovah’s people with his holy Spirit (Isaiah 32:15; 44:3) forms that part of Jehovah’s millennial covenant that resembles his covenant with the Levites (2 Chronicles 35:2-3; Nehemiah 8:9). As the priests and Levites served as teachers to Jehovah’s peoples, so his servants serve as priests and teachers to the nations (Isaiah 61:6; 66:19-21). Because the terms covenant and mouth additionally designate Jehovah’s servant (Isaiah 42:6; 49:2, 8; 51:16; 55:3), the servant’s millennial ministry, as characterized by Jehovah’s Spirit (Isaiah 11:1-9; 42:1-4; 48:14-17; 61:1-6), continues generationally.