Isaiah 59
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Isaiah 59:2-13

2but your iniquitiesH5771 have separatedH914 between you and your GodH430, and your sinsH2403 have hidH5641 his faceH6440 from you, so that he will not hearH8085. 3For your handsH3709 are defiled with bloodH1818, and your fingersH676 with iniquityH5771; your lipsH8193 have spokenH1696 liesH8267, your tongueH3956 muttereth wickedness. 4None sueth in righteousnessH6664, and none pleadeth in truth: they trustH982 in vanityH7723, and speakH1696 lies; they conceiveH2029 mischiefH5999, and bringH3205 forthH3205 iniquity. 5They hatchH1234 adders’ eggsH1000, and weaveH707 the spider’sH5908 webH6980: he that eateth of their eggsH1000 dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viperH660. 6Their websH6980 shall not becomeH1961 garmentsH899, neither shall they coverH3680 themselves with their worksH4639: their worksH4639 are worksH4639 of iniquity, and the act of violenceH2555 is in their handsH3709. 7Their feetH7272 runH7323 to evilH7451, and they makeH4116 hasteH4116 to shedH8210 innocentH5355 bloodH1818: their thoughtsH4284 are thoughtsH4284 of iniquity; desolation and destructionH7667 are in their paths. 8The wayH1870 of peaceH7965 they knowH3045 not; and there is no justiceH4941 in their goings: they have madeH3045 them crookedH6140 paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not knowH3045 peaceH7965.

9ThereforeH3651 is justiceH4941 farH7368 from us, neither doth righteousnessH6666 overtakeH5381 us: we look for lightH216, but, behold, darknessH2822; for brightness, but we walkH1980 in obscurity. 10We gropeH1659 for the wallH7023 like the blindH5787; yea, we gropeH1659 as they that have no eyesH5869: we stumbleH3782 at noonday as in the twilightH5399; among them that are lusty we are as deadH4191 men. 11We roarH1993 all like bearsH1677, and moanH1897 sore like dovesH3123: we look for justiceH4941, but there is none; for salvationH3444, but it is farH7368 off from us. 12For our transgressionsH6588 are multipliedH7235 before thee, and our sinsH2403 testifyH6030 against us; for our transgressionsH6588 are with us, and as for our iniquitiesH5771, we knowH3045 them: 13transgressingH6586 and denyingH3584 Jehovah, and turning away from following our GodH430, speakingH1696 oppressionH6233 and revolt, conceivingH2029 and utteringH1897 from the heartH3820 wordsH1697 of falsehoodH8267.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain