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18 He will give his enemies the punishment they deserve.
    They will feel his anger.
He will punish all his enemies.
    People along the coast will get the punishment they deserve.
19 People from the west to the east will fear the Lord
    and respect his Glory.
He will come quickly, like a fast-flowing river
    driven by a wind[a] from the Lord.
20 Then a redeemer[b] will come to Zion
    to save the people of Jacob who have turned away from sin.

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  1. Isaiah 59:19 wind Or “spirit.”
  2. Isaiah 59:20 redeemer Someone who sets a person free by paying their debt.

18 According to what they have done,
    so will he repay(A)
wrath to his enemies
    and retribution to his foes;
    he will repay the islands(B) their due.
19 From the west,(C) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,(D) they will revere his glory.(E)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath(F) of the Lord drives along.[a]

20 “The Redeemer(G) will come to Zion,(H)
    to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(I)
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:19 Or When enemies come in like a flood, / the Spirit of the Lord will put them to flight