Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 59:16
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Isaiah59:16
16. no man--namely, to atone by his righteousness for the unrighteousness of the people. "Man" is emphatic, as in 1Ki 2:2; no representative man able to retrieve the cause of fallen men (Is 41:28; 63:5, 6; Jr 5:1; Eze 22:30).
no intercessor--no one to interpose, "to help ... uphold" (Is 63:5).
his arm--(Is 40:10; 51:5). Not man's arm, but His alone (Psa 98:1; 44:3).
his righteousness--the "arm" of Messiah. He won the victory for us, not by mere might as God, but by His invincible righteousness, as man having "the Spirit without measure" (Is 11:5; 42:6, 21; 51:8; 53:11; 1Jo 2:1).
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