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Bible study · Isaiah 59:1-21

Isaiah 59: A Redeemer will come to Zion

Read Isaiah 59:1-21 before you meet.

In a few lines

In 59:2 separated is badal, the verb of "God divided the light from the darkness" (Genesis 1:4). The righteousness and salvation the speakers say are far off (59:9-14) are, in the same Hebrew words, what the LORD puts on (59:17). And of Isaiah's 13 Redeemer verses, only 59:20 has "A Redeemer", with no your, his, our or of Israel.

The verse to carry

“Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.”

Isaiah 59:1

To talk about

  1. 1. "Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear" (59:1). What might help someone hold on to these words when God seems far away?

  2. 2. In 59:9-13 the speakers say *we* and *our*: "as for our iniquities, we know them" (59:12). What makes it easier, or harder, for a group of people to speak this honestly together?

  3. 3. "my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth" (59:21). How can a group help one another keep hold of words of Scripture?

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