Isaiah 59:18 - Exposition

According to their deeds ; rather, according to their deserts (comp. Psalms 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 Isaiah 59:16 , Isaiah 59:17 . 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.