American Standard Version

Isaiah 59:2-13

2butyouriniquitiesעֲוֹנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙'a.vo.no.tei.KhemH5771haveseparatedH914betweenyouandyourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,andyoursinsוְחַטֹּֽאותֵיכֶ֗םve.cha.to.tei.KhemH2403havehidH5641hisfaceפָנִ֛יםfa.NimH6440fromyou,sothathewillnothearמִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃mi.she.Mo.a'H8085.

3Foryourhandsכַפֵּיכֶם֙kha.pei.KhemH3709aredefiledwithbloodבַדָּ֔םva.DamH1818,andyourfingersוְאֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶ֖םve.'etz.be.'o.tei.KhemH676withiniquityבֶּֽעָוֹ֑ןbe.'a.VonH5771;yourlipsשִׂפְתֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙sif.to.tei.KhemH8193havespokenדִּבְּרוּ־di.be.ru-H1696liesH8267,yourtongueלְשׁוֹנְכֶ֖םle.shon.KhemH3956mutterethwickedness.

4Nonesuethinrighteousnessבְצֶ֔דֶקve.Tze.dekH6664,andnonepleadethintruth:theytrustבָּט֤וֹחַba.To.achH982invanityH7723,andspeakוְדַבֶּר־ve.da.ber-H1696lies;theyconceiveהָר֥וֹha.RoH2029mischiefעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999,andbringוְהוֹלֵ֥ידve.ho.LeidH3205forthH3205iniquity.

5TheyhatchH1234adders’eggsבֵּיצֵ֤יbei.TzeiH1000,andweaveיֶאֱרֹ֑גוּye.'e.Ro.guH707thespider’sעַכָּבִ֖ישׁ'a.ka.VishH5908webוְקוּרֵ֥יve.ku.ReiH6980: hethateatethoftheireggsמִבֵּֽיצֵיהֶם֙mi.bei.tzei.HemH1000dieth;andthatwhichiscrushed breakethoutintoaviperH660.

6Theirwebsקֽוּרֵיהֶם֙ku.rei.HemH6980shallnotbecomeיִהְי֣וּyih.YuH1961garmentsH899,neithershalltheycoverיִתְכַּסּ֖וּyit.ka.SuH3680themselveswiththeirworksH4639:theirworksH4639areworksH4639ofiniquity,andtheactofviolenceחָמָ֖סcha.MasH2555isintheirhandsבְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃be.kha.pei.HemH3709.

7TheirfeetH7272runיָרֻ֔צוּya.Ru.tzuH7323toevilלָרַ֣עla.Ra'H7451,andtheymakeH4116hasteH4116toshedלִשְׁפֹּ֖ךְlish.PokhH8210innocentנָקִ֑יna.KiH5355bloodדָּ֣םdamH1818:theirthoughtsמַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙mach.she.vo.tei.HemH4284arethoughtsמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.VotH4284ofiniquity; desolationanddestructionוָשֶׁ֖בֶרva.She.verH7667areintheirpaths.

8Thewayדֶּ֤רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofpeaceשָׁלוֹם֙sha.lOmH7965theyknowיָדָ֔עוּya.Da.'uH3045not;andthereisnojusticeמִשְׁפָּ֖טmish.PatH4941intheirgoings:theyhavemadeH3045themcrookedעִקְּשׁ֣וּ'i.ke.ShuH6140paths; whosoever goeth therein dothnotknowיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045peaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.

9ThereforeH3651isjusticeמִשְׁפָּט֙mish.PatH4941farרָחַ֤קra.ChakH7368fromus,neitherdothrighteousnessצְדָקָ֑הtze.da.KahH6666overtakeH5381us:welookforlightלָאוֹר֙la.'OrH216,but,behold,darknessחֹ֔שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822;forbrightness,butwewalkנְהַלֵּֽךְ׃ne.ha.LekhH1980inobscurity.

10Wegropeנְגַֽשְׁשָׁ֤הne.gash.ShahH1659forthewallקִ֔ירKirH7023liketheblindכַֽעִוְרִים֙kha.'iv.RimH5787; yea,wegropeנְגַשֵּׁ֑שָׁהne.ga.She.shahH1659astheythathavenoeyesעֵינַ֖יִם'ei.Na.yimH5869:westumbleH3782atnoonday asinthetwilightכַּנֶּ֔שֶׁףka.Ne.shefH5399; amongthemthatarelustyweareasdeadכַּמֵּתִֽים׃ka.me.TimH4191men.

11WeroarH1993alllikebearsכַדֻּבִּים֙kha.du.BimH1677,andmoanH1897sorelikedovesH3123:welookforjusticeלַמִּשְׁפָּט֙la.mish.PatH4941,butthereisnone;forsalvationH3444,butitisfarרָחֲקָ֥הra.cha.KahH7368offfromus.

12Forourtransgressionsפְשָׁעֵ֙ינוּ֙fe.sha.'Ei.nuH6588aremultipliedH7235beforethee,andoursinsוְחַטֹּאותֵ֖ינוּve.cha.to.Tei.nuH2403testifyH6030againstus;forourtransgressionsפְשָׁעֵ֣ינוּfe.sha.'Ei.nuH6588arewithus,andasforouriniquitiesוַעֲוֹנֹתֵ֖ינוּva.'a.vo.no.Tei.nuH5771,weknowיְדַֽעֲנֽוּם׃ye.Da.'a.NumH3045them:

13transgressingH6586anddenyingH3584Jehovah,andturningawayfromfollowingourGodאֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,speakingH1696oppressionעֹ֣שֶׁק'O.shekH6233andrevolt,conceivingH2029andutteringH1897fromtheheartמִלֵּ֖בmi.LevH3820wordsדִּבְרֵי־div.rei-H1697offalsehoodשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267.

Read all of Isaiah 59

Commentaries on Isaiah 59

American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain