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Isaiah 59:19 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 19. 19So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising…” at Isaiah 59:19 as part of “The Divine Warrior Brings Justice and a Covenant Word.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 59:16–21
Read Isaiah 59:19 with 59:16–21. By itself, “So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Finding no intercessor, the LORD dons righteousness and vengeance, repays enemies, inspires worldwide awe, comes as redeemer to turning Zion, and promises enduring Spirit and words.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Isaiah 59:16–21. The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising…” at Isaiah 59:19 as part of “The Divine Warrior Brings Justice and a Covenant Word.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The divine-war imagery does not authorize human vigilantism, collective revenge, or claiming political violence is automatically God's work.
Continue in Context
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Read Isaiah 59:16–21 — The Divine Warrior Brings Justice and a Covenant WordSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 59:16–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 59:16–21 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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