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Isaiah 59:20

Isaiah 59:20
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Redeemer shall come to Zion,.... Not Cyrus, as some; but the Messiah, as it is applied in the Talmud (m) and in other Jewish writers (n), and as Aben Ezra rightly interprets it; and so Kimchi,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the Redeemer shall come - On the meaning of the word rendered here ‘Redeemer,’ see the notes at Isa 43:1. This passage is applied by the apostle Paul to the Messiah Rom 11:26; and Aben Ezra and…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob "And shall turn away iniquity from Jacob" - So the Septuagint and St. Paul, Rom 11:26, reading instead of לשבי leshabey and ביעקב beyaacob, והשיב…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 59:16-21

How sin abounded we have read, to our great amazement, in the former part of the chapter; how grace does much more abound we read in these verses. And, as sin took occasion from the commandment to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The consequences for Israel.

And the redeemer shall come Rather And he shall come as a redeemer (ch. Isa 41:14).

and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob LXX. has "and shall turn away…