Isaiah 59

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 59:1 Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2
  • 59:16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it upheld him. 2
  • 59:5 They hatch adders’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 1
  • 59:8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace. 1
  • 59:18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. Religious Experience and Journal · Jarena Lee

    The Journal, Part IV cites Isaiah lix. 1

    … groans ascended the hill of the Lord, and I felt his presence in a powerful manner—text, Isaiah lix. 1 v. On 24th of December the Elder held a watch-night, and on the 25th we started for Ridge…

  2. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Isa. 59:1

    …that which infinite wisdom and holiness and love dictate. This comes out, for example, in Isa. 59:1, 2: "Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy,…

  3. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    August cites Isaiah 59:5

    …er of all loves to him who is altogether lovely! August 8 “They weave the spider's web.” (Isaiah 59:5) See the spider's web, and behold in it a most suggestive picture of the hypocrite's reli…

  4. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Sermon III cites Isaiah lix. 8

    …n, Isaiah xlviii. 22. and lvii. 21. “There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.” Isaiah lix. 8. “The way of peace they know not; there is no judgment in their goings; they have made th…

  5. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    God Seeks Intercessors cites Isa. lix. 16

    …ii. 6, 7. “And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor.”—Isa. lix. 16. “And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered, and there was none to uphold.…

  6. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    The Lack of Prayer cites Isa. lix. 16

    …s. iv. 2. “And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor.”—Isa. lix. 16. “There is none that calleth upon Thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee…

  7. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God cites Isaiah lix. 18

    … fierceness of his wrath that you are exposed to. We often read of the fury of God; as in Isaiah lix. 18: “According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay fury to his adversaries.” So Isaiah…