Isaiah 59:16 Cross References - BBE

¹⁶ And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

²³ And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners? ²⁴ If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men? ²⁵ Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right? ²⁶ And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them. ²⁷ And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: ²⁸ If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five. ²⁹ And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty. ³⁰ And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty. ³¹ And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty. ³² And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.

¹ A Psalm. O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.

²³ And he was purposing to put an end to them if Moses, his special servant, had not gone up before him, between him and his people, turning back his wrath, to keep them from destruction.

²⁸ And I saw that there was no man, even no wise man among them, who might give an answer to my questions.

² Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

¹⁰ The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

³ I have been crushing the grapes by myself, and of the peoples there was no man with me: in my wrath and in my passion, they were crushed under my feet; and my robes are marked with their life-blood, and all my clothing is red. ⁴ For the day of punishment is in my heart, and the year for the payment of the price for my people has come. ⁵ And I saw that there was no helper, and I was wondering that no one gave them support: so my arm did the work of salvation, and my wrath was my support.

⁷ And there is no one who makes prayer to your name, or who is moved to keep true to you: for your face is veiled from us, and you have given us into the power of our sins.

¹ Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.

³⁰ And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.

⁶ And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.