Discovery BoxIsaiah 59:16 
ContextThe Lord Intervenes
59:16 He sees there is no advocate; 1
he is shocked 2 that no one intervenes.
So he takes matters into his own hands; 3
his desire for justice drives him on. 4
Isaiah 63:5
Context63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help;
I was shocked because there was no one offering support. 5
So my right arm accomplished deliverance;
my raging anger drove me on. 6
1 tn Heb “man” (so KJV, ASV); TEV “no one to help.”
2 tn Or “appalled” (NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “disgusted.”
3 tn Heb “and his arm delivers for him.”
4 tn Heb “and his justice [or “righteousness”] supports him.”
5 sn See Isa 59:16 for similar language.
6 tn Heb “and my anger, it supported me”; NIV “my own wrath sustained me.”
