Isaiah 59:18
New International Version
According to what they have done, so will he repay wrath to his enemies and retribution to his foes; he will repay the islands their due.

New Living Translation
He will repay his enemies for their evil deeds. His fury will fall on his foes. He will pay them back even to the ends of the earth.

English Standard Version
According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment.

Berean Standard Bible
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

King James Bible
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

New King James Version
According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay.

New American Standard Bible
According to their deeds, so will He repay: Wrath to His adversaries, retribution to His enemies; To the coastlands He will deal retribution.

NASB 1995
According to their deeds, so He will repay, Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the coastlands He will make recompense.

NASB 1977
According to their deeds, so He will repay, Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the coastlands He will make recompense.

Legacy Standard Bible
According to what they deserve, so He will pay in full, Wrath to His adversaries, what is deserved to His enemies; To the coastlands He will pay what they deserve.

Amplified Bible
As their deeds deserve, so He will repay: Wrath to His adversaries, retribution to His enemies; To the islands and coastlands He will repay.

Christian Standard Bible
So he will repay according to their deeds: fury to his enemies, retribution to his foes, and he will repay the coasts and islands.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and He will repay the coastlands.

American Standard Version
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.

Contemporary English Version
Now the LORD will get furious and do to his enemies, both near and far, what they did to his people.

English Revised Version
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will pay them back according to their deeds. He will pay back his opponents with wrath and punish his enemies. He will pay back the people who live on the coastlands.

Good News Translation
He will punish his enemies according to what they have done, even those who live in distant lands.

International Standard Version
So he will repay according to their action: Anger to his enemies, retribution to his foes; to the coastlands he will render their due.

Majority Standard Bible
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

NET Bible
He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands.

New Heart English Bible
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.

Webster's Bible Translation
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the isles he will repay recompense.

World English Bible
According to their deeds, he will repay as appropriate: wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies. He will repay the islands their due.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
According to deeds—so He repays. Fury to His adversaries, [their] deed to His enemies, "" To the islands He repays [their] deed.

Young's Literal Translation
According to deeds -- so He repayeth. Fury to His adversaries, their deed to His enemies, To the isles their deed He repayeth.

Smith's Literal Translation
According to the works, accordingly he will recompense, wrath to his adversaries, recompense, to his enemies; to the islands will he requite recompense.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.

Catholic Public Domain Version
This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.

New American Bible
According to their deeds he repays his enemies and requites his foes with wrath; to the coastlands he renders recompense.

New Revised Standard Version
According to their deeds, so will he repay; wrath to his adversaries, requital to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render requital.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
That he may seek vengeance upon those who hate him, and retribution to his adversaries, and to the islands he will render recompense.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
So that he shall be avenged of his haters, and he shall repay his enemies and to the islands he shall pay reward
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the islands He will repay recompense.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
as one about to render a recompence, even reproach to his adversaries.
Audio Bible



Context
The Covenant of the Redeemer
18So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands. 19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.…

Cross References
Revelation 22:12
“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.

Romans 2:6-8
God “will repay each one according to his deeds.” / To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life. / But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

2 Thessalonians 1:6-8
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, / and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

Colossians 3:25
Whoever does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.

Revelation 11:18
The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Revelation 20:12-13
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

Jeremiah 25:14
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”

Ezekiel 7:3-4
The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations. / I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

Ezekiel 18:30
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

Jeremiah 50:29
Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 62:12
and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

Proverbs 24:12
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

Job 34:11
For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.


Treasury of Scripture

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.

according

Isaiah 63:6
And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

Job 34:11
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Psalm 18:24-26
Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight…

deeds.

Isaiah 1:24
Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

Isaiah 49:25,26
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children…

Isaiah 63:3,6
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment…

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So He will repay
This phrase indicates the certainty of God's justice. The Hebrew root for "repay" is "shalam," which means to make whole or to restore. In the context of Isaiah, it reflects God's commitment to balance the scales of justice. Historically, this reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God promises to act against injustice and sin.

according to their deeds
The phrase underscores the principle of divine retribution. The Hebrew word for "deeds" is "gemul," which refers to actions or recompense. This highlights the biblical theme that God’s judgment is fair and based on the actions of individuals or nations. It serves as a reminder of personal responsibility and the moral order established by God.

fury to His enemies
"Fury" translates from the Hebrew "chemah," indicating intense anger or wrath. This reflects God's righteous indignation against sin and those who oppose His will. The term "enemies" refers to those who are in active rebellion against God. Historically, this would include nations or individuals who have oppressed God's people or defied His commandments.

retribution to His foes
"Retribution" comes from the Hebrew "shillum," meaning recompense or reward. This emphasizes the certainty of God's justice being meted out. "Foes" is synonymous with "enemies," reinforcing the idea that those who stand against God will face consequences. This serves as a warning and a call to repentance.

He will repay the islands their due
The "islands" symbolize distant nations or peoples, indicating the universal scope of God's judgment. The phrase "their due" suggests that no one is exempt from God's justice. This reflects the biblical teaching that God is sovereign over all the earth, and His moral law applies to all humanity. It serves as a reminder of the global reach of God's authority and the ultimate accountability of all nations before Him.

(18) To his adversaries . . .--The judgment is generally against all, in Israel or outside it, who come under this description. The word "islands" is used, as elsewhere, for far-off lands. The words point to every such judgment, from that of Cyrus to the great final day.

Verse 18. - According to their deeds; rather, according to their deserts (comp. Psalm 28:4, ad fin.). He will repay. The ordinary future here, and in the remainder of the prophecy, replaces the "perfect of prophetic certitude," which has been employed in vers. 16, 17. Fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies. God's "adversaries" are those of his own household - his people, the ungodly Israelites; his "enemies" are the heathen that oppress his people (comp. Isaiah 1:24, which is very similar). To the islands; i.e. the maritime lands, which, under Assyria, and afterwards under Babylon, took part in the oppression of his people.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So He will repay
יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם (yə·šal·lêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

according to
כְּעַ֤ל (kə·‘al)
Preposition-k
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

their deeds:
גְּמֻלוֹת֙ (gə·mu·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1578: A dealing, recompense

fury
חֵמָ֣ה (ḥê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2534: Heat, anger, poison

to His enemies,
לְצָרָ֔יו (lə·ṣā·rāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

retribution
גְּמ֖וּל (gə·mūl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1576: Treatment, an act, service, requital

to His foes,
לְאֹֽיְבָ֑יו (lə·’ō·yə·ḇāw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

and recompense
גְּמ֥וּל (gə·mūl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1576: Treatment, an act, service, requital

to the islands.
לָאִיִּ֖ים (lā·’î·yîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 339: A habitable spot, dry land, a coast, an island


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