Isaiah 59 · Verse 21

Isaiah 59:21

As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Isaiah 59:21, King James Version

Isaiah 59:21 in other translations

BSB“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.
WEB“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from now on and forever.”
ASVAnd as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.
YLTAnd I--this is My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that is on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!
DARBYAnd as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.
BBEAnd as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.
WebsterAs for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

What does Isaiah 59:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. covenant with them ... thee--The covenant is with Christ, and with them only as united to Him (He 2:13). Jehovah addresses Messiah the representative and ideal Israel. The literal and spiritual Israel are His seed, to whom the promise is to be fulfilled (Psa 22:30). spirit ... not depart ... for ever--(Jr 31:31-37; Mt 28:20).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 This is my covenant with them "This is the covenant which I make with them" - For אותם otham, them, twenty-four MSS., (four ancient), and nine editions have אתם ittam, with them. My Spirit that is upon thee - This seems to be an address to the Messiah; Kimchi says it is to the prophet, informing him that the spirit of prophecy should be given to all Israelites in the days of the Messiah, as it was then given to him, i.e., to the prophet. And my words which I have put in thy mouth - Whatsoever Jesus spoke was the word and mind of God himself; and must, as such, be implicitly received. Nor out of the mouth of thy seed - The same doctrines which Jesus preached, all his faithful ministers preach; and his seed - genuine Christians, who are all born of God, believe; and they shall continue, and the doctrines remain in the seed's seed through all generations - for ever and ever. This is God's covenant, ordered in all things and sure.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 59:16-21

This passage is connected with the following chapters. It is generally thought to describe the coming of the Messiah, as the Avenger and Deliverer of his church. There was none to intercede with God to turn away his wrath; none to interpose for the support of justice and truth. Yet He engaged his own strength and righteousness for his people. God will make his justice upon the enemies of his church and people…

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Isaiah 59:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַאֲנִ֗יva.'a.Niand IH589
זֹ֣אתzotthisH2063
בְּרִיתִ֤יbe.ri.Ti[is] covenant myH1285
אוֹתָם֙'o.Tamwith themH854
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
רוּחִי֙ru.Chispirit myH7307
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָלֶ֔יךָ'a.Lei.kha[is] on youH5921
וּדְבָרַ֖יu.de.va.Raiand words myH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
שַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiI have putH7760
בְּפִ֑יךָbe.Fi.khain mouth yourH6310
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יָמ֡וּשׁוּya.Mu.shuthey will departH4185
מִפִּיךָ֩mi.pi.Khafrom mouth yourH6310
וּמִפִּ֨יu.mi.Piand from [the] mouth ofH6310
זַרְעֲךָ֜zar.'a.Khaoffspring yourH2233
וּמִפִּ֨יu.mi.Piand from [the] mouth ofH6310
זֶ֤רַעZe.ra'[the] offspring ofH2233
זַרְעֲךָ֙zar.'a.Khaoffspring yourH2233
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מֵעַתָּ֖הme.'a.Tahfrom nowH6258
וְעַד\־ve.'ad-and untilH5704
עוֹלָֽם\׃\ \סo.LamperpetuityH5769

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Cross references for Isaiah 59:21

  • Jeremiah 31:31-34

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  • Hebrews 10:16

    This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

  • Ezekiel 36:25-27

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  • Jeremiah 32:38-41

    And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

  • Hebrews 8:6-13

    But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. …

  • 2 Corinthians 3:17-18

    Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 51:16

    And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

  • Isaiah 44:3

    For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

  • Isaiah 61:1-3

    The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  • John 4:14

    But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

  • Isaiah 55:3

    Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Romans 8:9

    But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
this.
49:8; 55:3; Jer 31:31-34; 32:38-41; Eze 36:25-27; 37:25-27
Eze 39:25-29; Heb 8:6-13; 10:16
My spirit.
11:1-3; 61:1-3; Joh 1:33; 3:34; 4:14; 7:39; Ro 8:9; 2Co 3:8,17,18
my words.
51:16; Joh 7:16,17; 8:38; 17:8; 1Co 15:3-58

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Context

  • Isaiah 59:20

    And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.

  • Isaiah 59:21

    As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.

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Isaiah 59:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y este será mi pacto con ellos, dijo Jehová: El espíritu mío que está sobre ti, y mis palabras que puse en tu boca, no faltarán de tu boca, ni de la boca de tu simiente, ni de la boca de la simiente de tu simiente, dijo Jehová, desde ahora y para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et quant à moi, c’est ici mon alliance avec eux, dit l’ Éternel: Mon esprit qui est sur toi, et mes paroles que j’ai mises dans ta bouche, ne se retireront pas de ta bouche, ni de la bouche de ta semence, ni de la bouche de la semence de ta semence, dit l’ Éternel, dès maintenant et à toujours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich, dies ist mein Bund mit ihnen, spricht Jehova: Mein Geist, der auf dir ist, und meine Worte, die ich in deinen Mund gelegt habe, werden nicht aus deinem Munde weichen, noch aus dem Munde deiner Nachkommen, noch aus dem Munde der Nachkommen deiner Nachkommen, spricht Jehova, von nun an bis in Ewigkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hoc fœdus meum cum eis, dicit Dominus: spiritus meus qui est in te, et verba mea quæ posui in ore tuo, non recedent de ore tuo, et de ore seminis tui, et de ore seminis seminis tui, dicit Dominus, amodo et usque in sempiternum.