# Isaiah 46.13 **Book:** [Isaiah](/codex/isaiah-the-prophet/) ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 11. calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yea, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it. 12. Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: > > **13. I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.** (Isaiah 46:11-13, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 11. I call a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken. I will also bring it to pass. I have planned. I will also do it. 12. Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness! > > **13. I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.** (Isaiah 46:11-13, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 11. Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. that: Heb. of my counsel 12. Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: > > **13. I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.** (Isaiah 46:11-13, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 11. Calling from the east a ravenous bird, From a far land the man of My counsel, Yea, I have spoken, yea, I bring it in, I have formed [it], yea, I do it. 12. Hearken unto Me, ye mighty in heart, Who are far from righteousness. > > **13. I have brought near My righteousness, It is not far off, And My salvation, it doth not tarry, And I have given in Zion salvation, To Israel My glory!** (Isaiah 46:11-13, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** YHWH through the prophet Isaiah (Second-Isaiah / chapters 40-55, the "Book of Consolation") - **Audience:** the Judean exiles in Babylon, and the broader Israel awaiting return - **Location:** addressed to Babylon-in-exile; spoken in Jerusalem-tradition prophetic voice - **Time period:** the prophetic horizon is the Babylonian exile (c. 586-538 BC) and its end; redactional dating debated ## Theological reading Isaiah 46:13 is the canonical anchor for the *Isaianic-vindication deployment* of [*tzedaqah*](/codex/h6666-tzedakah/). The verse pairs *tzidqati* ("my righteousness") with *teshuʿati* ("my salvation") in synonymous parallelism, God's righteousness *is* His saving-vindicating act for His people. The pair structurally defines what *righteousness* means in Second-Isaiah's vocabulary: not a divine attribute the believer must measure up to but a divine *enacted vindication* by which God *rectifies* the broken covenant relationship. The same pair runs through Isa 51:5-8, 56:1, 59:16-17, and 61:10. Paul activates this deployment in Romans 1:17, *"the righteousness of God is revealed"*, where the apparent paradox of a *righteousness* that is *revealed in the gospel* (rather than demanded by it) is resolved by reading *dikaiosynē theou* on its Isaianic-vindication base. The verse is one of the foundational OT texts for the Reformation doctrine of justification and for the contemporary New Perspective reading of Pauline *dikaiosynē theou*. ## Key words - [H6666 - tzedakah](/codex/h6666-tzedakah/), *tzedaqah* (Strong's H6666). The Isaianic *tzedaqah-yeshuah* pair that shapes Pauline *dikaiosynē theou*. ## See also - [H6664 - tzedeq](/codex/h6664-tzedeq/) - [G1343 - dikaiosyne](/codex/g1343-dikaiosyne/) - [Isaiah](/codex/isaiah-the-prophet/) - [Isaiah 56.1](/codex/isaiah-56-1/), [Isaiah 1.27](/codex/isaiah-1-27/), parallel *tzedaqah* deployments - [Romans 1.17](/codex/romans-1-17/), Paul's Isaianic activation - [Justification by Faith](/codex/justification-by-faith/) ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [G1343 - dikaiosyne](/codex/g1343-dikaiosyne/) - [H6666 - tzedakah](/codex/h6666-tzedakah/) **Passages:** - [Isaiah 1.27](/codex/isaiah-1-27/) - [Isaiah 56.1](/codex/isaiah-56-1/) ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.