Isaiah 59:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He saw that there was no one and was appalled that there was no one to intervene, so his own arm brought him victory, and his righteousness upheld him.

Cross References

Psalm 106:23

Therefore he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him, to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

Psalm 94:16

Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers?

Psalm 98:1

O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.

Isaiah 33:2

O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 33:3

At the sound of tumult, peoples fled; before your majesty, nations scattered.

Isaiah 40:10

See, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; his reward is with him and his recompense before him.

Isaiah 41:28

But when I look there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my arm powerless to redeem? Or have I no strength to deliver? By my rebuke I dry up the sea; I make the rivers a desert, so that their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

Isaiah 51:5

I will bring near my deliverance swiftly; my salvation has gone out, and my arms will rule the peoples; the coastlands wait for me, and for my arm they hope.

Isaiah 51:9

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord! Awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago! Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 53:1

Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink the wine for which you have labored,

Isaiah 64:7

There is no one who calls on your name or attempts to take hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Mark 6:6

And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went about among the villages teaching.