Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.
Parallel translations
- WEB Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
- KJV Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
- NKJV Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her penitents with righteousness.
- NASB ¶Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.
- NLT Zion will be restored by justice; those who repent will be revived by righteousness.
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Quick answer
Zion and her penitents will be redeemed with justice and righteousness. Salvation comes through God's righteous, just dealing.
Overview
Redemption here is grounded in God's own justice and righteousness, not the people's merit. The 'converts' or penitents are those who turn back to Him. This redemption is finally accomplished in Christ, in whom God is both just and the justifier of the believing (Romans 3:26).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Isa 62:12And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Isa 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Isa 63:4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
- Isa 45:21–25Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- Eph 1:7–8In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Rom 11:26–27And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
- 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Pet 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Rom 3:24–26and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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