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Isaiah 59

Isa. 59:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And hev saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
that there was no man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, and wondered
shamem (Hebrew #8074)
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
KJV usage: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
Pronounce: shaw-mame'
Origin: a primitive root
that there was no intercessor
paga` (Hebrew #6293)
to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunity
KJV usage: come (betwixt), cause to entreat, fall (upon), make intercession, intercessor, intreat, lay, light (upon), meet (together), pray, reach, run.
Pronounce: paw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
: therefore his arm
zrowa` (Hebrew #2220)
and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from 2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
KJV usage: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Pronounce: zer-o'-ah
Origin: or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}
w brought salvation
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him; and his righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
, it sustained
camak (Hebrew #5564)
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
KJV usage: bear up, establish, (up-)hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
Pronounce: saw-mak'
Origin: a primitive root
him.
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Ezek. 22:30• 30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none. (Ezek. 22:30)
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Psa. 98:1• 1A psalm.{HR}Sing ye to Jehovah a new song,{HR}For he hath done wonders;{HR}His right hand hath wrought salvation for him,{HR}And the arm of his holiness. (Psa. 98:1)

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Ministry on This Verse

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he saw.
Isa. 50:2• 2Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened, that I cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because [there is] no water, and die for thirst. (Isa. 50:2)
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Isa. 64:7• 7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and made us melt away through our iniquities. (Isa. 64:7)
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Gen. 18:23‑32• 23And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
 24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city, wilt thou also destroy, and not spare, the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
 25{i}Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked—far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?{/i}
 26{i}And{/i} Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
 27{i}And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak unto the Lord; I, who am dust and ashes.{/i}
 28{i}Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.{/i}
 29{i}And he continued yet to speak with him, and said, Perhaps there may be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.{/i}
 30{i}And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry that I speak! Perhaps there may be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.{/i}
 31{i}And he said, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.{/i}
 32{i}And he said,{/i} Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. (Gen. 18:23‑32)
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Psa. 106:23• 23And he said he would destroy them,{HR}Had not Moses stood in the breach before him,{HR}To turn away his wrath from destroying. (Psa. 106:23)
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Jer. 5:1• 1{i}Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.{/i} (Jer. 5:1)
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Ezek. 22:30• 30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none. (Ezek. 22:30)
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Mark 6:6• 6{i}And he wondered because of their unbelief. And{/i} he went round about the villages teaching. (Mark 6:6)
therefore.
Isa. 52:10• 10Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. (Isa. 52:10)
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Isa. 63:3‑5• 3I have trodden the wine-press alone: and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my raiment.
 4For the day of vengeance [is] in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
 5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. (Isa. 63:3‑5)
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Psa. 98:1• 1A psalm.{HR}Sing ye to Jehovah a new song,{HR}For he hath done wonders;{HR}His right hand hath wrought salvation for him,{HR}And the arm of his holiness. (Psa. 98:1)
• What will God do about it? The answer begins in verse 16. As we indicated a little earlier, God falls back upon His sovereignty in mercy. He indicates that though there was no hope in man, His mighty “Arm” would act and bring salvation. (“Isaiah 59” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it sustained him.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.