Iniquity, not any weakness in Jehovah, blocks salvation: his hand is not shortened nor his ear heavy, but sins have separated the people from their God (vv.

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Iniquity, not any weakness in Jehovah, blocks salvation: his hand is not shortened nor his ear heavy, but sins have separated the people from their God (vv. 1-2). The indictment piles up images (hands defiled with blood, adders' eggs, spiders' webs, feet running to shed innocent blood) and Paul quotes verses 7-8 in Romans 3:15-17 as evidence of universal sin. The voice shifts to confession: the people grope for the wall like the blind while truth falls in the street (vv. 9-15). Jehovah sees there is no justice and no intercessor, so his own arm brings salvation; he puts on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation (vv. 16-18). "A Redeemer will come to Zion" (v. 20) (quoted in Romans 11:26-27 of Israel's future salvation), sealed by a covenant of Spirit and word that never departs (v. 21).

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–8 Your Iniquities Have Separated You from Your God
B. 9–15 We Grope for the Wall Like the Blind at Noonday
C. 16–21 He Put On Righteousness as a Breastplate; a Redeemer Comes to Zion

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- Isaiah 5:30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
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Romans 32 verses
- Romans 3:15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
- Romans 3:17And the way of peace have they not known:
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Ephesians 62 verses
- Ephesians 6:14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
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Numbers 111 verse
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.