Isaiah 59:2-13

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Isaiah 59:2-13

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But your ^(A)iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His ^(a)face from you so that He does ^(B)not hear.

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For your ^(C)hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken ^(D)falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.

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^(E)No one sues righteously and ^(F)no one pleads ^(b)honestly.
They ^(G)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They ^(H)conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

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They hatch adders’ eggs and ^(I)weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.

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Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they ^(J)cover themselves with their works;
Their ^(K)works are works of iniquity,
And an ^(L)act of violence is in their ^(c)hands.

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^(M)Their feet run to evil,
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
^(N)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

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They do not know the ^(O)way of peace,
And there is ^(P)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
^(Q)Whoever treads on ^(d)them does not know peace.

A Confession of Wickedness

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Therefore ^(R)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us;
We ^(S)hope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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We ^(T)grope along the wall like blind men,
We grope like those who have no eyes;
We ^(U)stumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are ^(V)like dead men.

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All of us growl like bears,
And ^(W)moan sadly like doves;
We hope for ^(X)justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.

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For our ^(Y)transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our ^(Z)sins ^(e)testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And ^(f)we know our iniquities:

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Transgressing and ^(AA)denying the Lord,
And turning away from our God,
Speaking ^(AB)oppression and revolt,
Conceiving in and ^(AC)uttering from the heart lying words.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 59:2: ['So versions; M.T. ', faces]

b. Isaiah 59:4: ['Lit ', in truth]

c. Isaiah 59:6: ['Lit ', palms]

d. Isaiah 59:8: ['Lit ', it]

e. Isaiah 59:12: ['Lit ', answer]

f. Isaiah 59:12: ['Lit ', our iniquities we know them]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 59:2: Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 50:1

B. Isaiah 59:2: Isaiah 58:4

C. Isaiah 59:3: Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 1:21; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 2:34; Ezekiel 7:23; Hosea 4:2

D. Isaiah 59:3: Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 59:13

E. Isaiah 59:4: Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 59:14

F. Isaiah 59:4: Isaiah 59:14; Isaiah 59:15

G. Isaiah 59:4: Isaiah 30:12; Jeremiah 7:4; Jeremiah 7:8

H. Isaiah 59:4: Job 15:35; Psalm 7:14; Isaiah 33:11

I. Isaiah 59:5: Job 8:14

J. Isaiah 59:6: Isaiah 28:20

K. Isaiah 59:6: Isaiah 57:12; Jeremiah 6:7

L. Isaiah 59:6: Isaiah 58:4; Ezekiel 7:11

M. Isaiah 59:7: Proverbs 1:16; Proverbs 6:17; Romans 3:15-17

N. Isaiah 59:7: Isaiah 65:2; Isaiah 66:18; Mark 7:21; Mark 7:22

O. Isaiah 59:8: Luke 1:79

P. Isaiah 59:8: Isaiah 59:9; Isaiah 59:11; Hosea 4:1

Q. Isaiah 59:8: Isaiah 57:20; Isaiah 57:21

R. Isaiah 59:9: Isaiah 59:14

S. Isaiah 59:9: Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 8:22

T. Isaiah 59:10: Deuteronomy 28:29; Job 5:14

U. Isaiah 59:10: Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 28:13

V. Isaiah 59:10: Lamentations 3:6

W. Isaiah 59:11: Isaiah 38:14; Ezekiel 7:16

X. Isaiah 59:11: Isaiah 59:9; Isaiah 59:14

Y. Isaiah 59:12: Ezra 9:6; Isaiah 58:1

Z. Isaiah 59:12: Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 14:7; Hosea 5:5

AA. Isaiah 59:13: Joshua 24:27; Proverbs 30:9; Matthew 10:33; Titus 1:16

AB. Isaiah 59:13: Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 30:12; Jeremiah 9:3; Jeremiah 9:4

AC. Isaiah 59:13: Isaiah 59:3; Isaiah 59:4; Mark 7:21; Mark 7:22