16 Yahweh saw that there wasn’t anyone to make a stand,

and was appalled that there was no one to intervene.

So he applied his own power to bring salvation,

and his own desire to do what’s right, sustained him.[ref]

17 He put righteousness on like armour,

≈ and a helmet of salvation on his head.[ref]

He dressed in clothes of vengeance

≈ and wrapped himself with zeal like a robe.

18 He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done.

He will repay the islands with the appropriate reward.

19 Then those in the west will respect Yahweh’s reputation,

≈ and in the east, will respect his splendour,

→ because he’ll come like a swift river with Yahweh’s wind driving it.

20 Then a redeemer will come to Tsiyyon (Zion)

≈ and to those descendants of Yakov (Jacob) who repent of their disobedience.

That’s what Yahweh declares.

21 Then Yahweh says:

This is my agreement with them.

My spirit which is on you and my messages that I’ve put in your mouth,

they won’t leave your mouth or the mouths of your descendants,

even the distant generations from now and forever onwards.

That is Yahweh’s declaration.