Isaiah 59:17
Good News Translation
He will wear justice like a coat of armor and saving power like a helmet. He will clothe himself with the strong desire to set things right and to punish and avenge the wrongs that people suffer.

New Revised Standard Version
He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in fury as in a mantle.

Contemporary English Version
Justice was the LORD's armor; saving power was his helmet; anger and revenge were his clothes.

New American Bible
He put on justice as his breastplate, victory as a helmet on his head; He clothed himself with garments of vengeance, wrapped himself in a mantle of zeal.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.

he put on righteousness

Isaiah 11:5 And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.

Isaiah 51:9 Arise, arise, put on strength, O thou arm of the Lord, arise as in the days of old, in the ancient generations. Hast not thou struck the proud one, and wounded the dragon?

Job 29:14 I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.

Romans 13:12-14 The night is passed And the day is at hand. Let us, therefore cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:7 In the word of truth, in the power of God: by the armour of justice on the right hand and on the left:

Ephesians 6:14,17 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of justice: . . .

1 Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breast plate of faith and charity and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened: and behold a white horse. And he that sat upon him was called faithful and true: and with justice doth he judge and fight.

the garments

Deuteronomy 32:35-43 Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come. . . .

Psalm 94:1 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 In a flame of fire, giving vengeance to them who know not God and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:30 For we know him that hath said: Vengeance belongeth to me, and I will repay. And again: The Lord shall judge his people.

with zeal

Isaiah 9:7 His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 63:15 Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.

Psalm 69:9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Zechariah 1:14 And the angel that spoke in me, said to me: Cry thou, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem, and Sion with a great zeal.

John 2:17 And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.

Context
Sin Separates Us from God
16And he saw that there is not a man: and he stood astonished, because there is none to oppose himself: and his own arm brought salvation to him, and his own justice supported him. 17He put on justice as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head: he put on the garments of vengeance, and was clad with zeal as with a cloak.
Cross References
Ephesians 6:14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth and having on the breastplate of justice:

Ephesians 6:17
And take unto you the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (which is the word of God).

1 Thessalonians 5:8
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, having on the breast plate of faith and charity and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Job 29:14
I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.

Isaiah 9:7
His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace: he shall sit upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom; to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and with justice, from henceforth and for ever: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Isaiah 26:11
Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them not see: let the envious people see, and be confounded: and let fire devour thy enemies.

Isaiah 37:32
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and salvation from mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

Isaiah 42:13
The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.

Isaiah 63:2
Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress?

Isaiah 63:3
I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the Gentiles there is not a man with me: I have trampled on them in my indignation, and have trodden them down in my wrath, and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all my apparel.

Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from thy holy habitation and the place of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the multitude of thy bowels, and of thy mercies? they have held back themselves from me.

Ezekiel 5:13
And I will accomplish my fury, and will cause my indignation to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I shall have accomplished my indignation in them.

Zechariah 1:14
And the angel that spoke in me, said to me: Cry thou, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem, and Sion with a great zeal.

Isaiah 59:16
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