Verse 2
Isaiah 59:2
World English Bible
2
But your iniquities have separated you and your God (Elohim),
and your sins have hidden his face from you,
so that he will not hear.
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
1
Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save;
nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear.
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2
But your iniquities have separated you and your God (Elohim),
and your sins have hidden his face fro...
3
For your hands are defiled with blood,
and your fingers with iniquity.
Your lips have spoken lies.
Y...
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4
No one sues in righteousness,
and no one pleads in truth.
They trust in vanity,
and speak lies.
They...
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5
They hatch adders’ eggs,
and weave the spider’s web.
He who eats of their eggs dies;
and that which...
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6
Their webs won’t become garments.
They won’t cover themselves with their works.
Their works are work...
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7
Their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are thoughts of iniqui...
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8
They don’t know the way of peace;
and there is no justice in their ways.
They have made crooked path...
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9
Therefore is justice far from us,
and righteousness doesn’t overtake us.
We look for light, but see...
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10
We grope for the wall like the blind.
Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes.
We stumble at noon as...
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11
We all roar like bears,
and moan bitterly like doves.
We look for justice, but there is none;
for sa...
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12
For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
and our sins testify against us;
for our transgres...
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13
transgressing and denying Yahweh,
and turning away from following our God (Elohim),
speaking oppress...
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14
Justice is turned away backward,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has fallen in the stre...
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15
Yes, truth is lacking;
and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
Yahweh saw it,
and it disp...
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16
He saw that there was no man,
and wondered that there was no intercessor.
Therefore his own arm brou...
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17
He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on his head.
He put on garments...
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18
According to their deeds,
he will repay as appropriate,
wrath to his adversaries,
recompense to his...
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19
So shall they fear Yahweh’s name from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
for he wil...
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20
“A Redeemer will come to Zion,
and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says Yahweh.
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21
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words whic...
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