Verse 2

Isaiah 59:2

Free Bible Version

2 It's your guilt that has created a barrier between you and your God (Elohim); your sins have hidden his face from you so he can't hear you.

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 Don't you see? The Lord's arm isn't too weak to save you, and his ear isn't too deaf to hear you! Focus ↗

2 It's your guilt that has created a barrier between you and your God (Elohim); your sins have hidden...

3 Your hands are covered in blood and your fingers tainted with guilt, your lips speak lies and your m... Focus ↗

4 Nobody wants justice, nobody pleads their case with honesty. They rely on false testimony, and tell... Focus ↗

5 They hatch viper's eggs, and weave a spider's web. If you eat their eggs you'll die; if you crush th... Focus ↗

6 Their webs can't be made into clothes; they can't cover themselves by what they produce. What they d... Focus ↗

7 They run to do evil; they're quick to murder innocent people. Their minds are full of sinful thought... Focus ↗

8 They don't know how to live in peace; they're not straight and fair with others. Their way is totall... Focus ↗

9 So that's why we don't have justice, and we don't do what's right. We look for the light, but only f... Focus ↗

10 We grope like blind people along a wall, feeling with our hands as if we have no eyes. We stumble at... Focus ↗

11 All of us growl like bears and coo like doves as we wait for justice to be done, but it never happen... Focus ↗

12 You are aware of all our rebellious acts; our sins witness against us. Yes, we acknowledge our rebel... Focus ↗

13 We have disobeyed and denied you, Lord; we have turned our backs on our God (Elohim). We have encour... Focus ↗

14 Justice is rejected, and doing right never happens. Truth falls down in the street, and honesty is b... Focus ↗

15 There's no truth anywhere, and anyone who does give up evil is robbed. The Lord saw what was going o... Focus ↗

16 He looked around, and he was appalled to find there was no one who would do anything about it, so he... Focus ↗

17 He put on integrity as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on clothes of ve... Focus ↗

18 He will repay everyone for what they've done: fury to his enemies, revenge to those who oppose him,... Focus ↗

19 Those in the west will be in awe of the Lord, and those in the east will be amazed at his glory, for... Focus ↗

20 The Redeemer will come to Zion, to Jacob's descendants who turn from their sins, declares the Lord. Focus ↗

21 This is my agreement with them, says the Lord. My Spirit, who is upon you, won't leave you, and my w... Focus ↗

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