Isaiah 59:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

He put on. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. Note that all the armour is for defense.

breastplate. a coat of mail.

of vengeance for clothing. of avenging for clothing. Compare Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 63:4. The Oxf. Gesenius explains it as "of Jehovah as champion of Israel" (p. 528 b).

zeal. jealousy.

Isaiah 59:17

17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.