15. Truth is missing;anyone turning from evil is plundered.The Lord looked and was upset at the absence of justice.
16. Seeing that there was no one,and astonished that no one would intervene,God’s arm brought victory,upheld by righteousness,
17. putting on righteousness as armorand a helmet of salvation on his head,putting on garments of vengeance,and wrapping himself in a cloak of zeal.
18. God will repay according to their actions:wrath to his foes, retribution to enemies,retribution to the coastlands,
19. so those in the west will fear the Lord’s name,and those in the east will fear God’s glory.It will come like a rushing riverthat the Lord’s wind drives on.
20. A redeemer will come to Zionand to those in Jacob who stop rebelling,says the Lord.
21. As for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord.My spirit, which is upon you,and my words, which I have placed in your mouthwon’t depart from your mouth,nor from the mouths of your descendants,nor from the mouths of your descendants’ children,says the Lord, forever and always.