Verse 2
Isaiah 59:2
Bible in Basic English
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But your sins have come between you and your God (Elohim), and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י אִם עֲוֺנֹֽתֵי/כֶם֙ הָי֣וּ מַבְדִּלִ֔ים בֵּינֵ/כֶ֕ם לְ/בֵ֖ין אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶ֑ם וְ/חַטֹּֽאותֵי/כֶ֗ם הִסְתִּ֧ירוּ פָנִ֛ים מִ/כֶּ֖ם מִ/שְּׁמֽוֹעַ
English Translation
For your sins have separated between you and your God, and your iniquities have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
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Chapter 59 Context
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Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is...
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But your sins have come between you and your God (Elohim), and by your evil doings his face has been...
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For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things,...
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No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their w...
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They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes...
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Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering th...
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Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are...
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They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviou...
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For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for...
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We go on our way, like blind men feeling for the wall, even like those who have no eyes: we are runn...
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We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it...
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For our evil doings are increased before you, and our sins give witness against us: for our evil doi...
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We have gone against the Lord, and been false to him, turning away from our God (Elohim), our words...
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And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the...
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Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and th...
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And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so...
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Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishme...
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He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters...
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So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come l...
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And as a saviour he will come to Zion, turning away sin from Jacob, says the Lord.
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And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my word...
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