Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 59:2-13
2ButH3588H518 your iniquitiesH5771H1961 have built barriersH914 between youH996 and your GodH430, and your sinsH2403 have hiddenH5641 His faceH6440 from you, so that He does not hearH8085.3ForH3588 your handsH3709 are stainedH1351 with bloodH1818, and your fingersH676 with iniquityH5771; your lipsH8193 have spokenH1696 liesH8267, and your tongueH3956 muttersH1897 injusticeH5766.
4No oneH369 callsH7121 for justiceH6664;no oneH369 pleads his caseH8199 honestlyH530.They relyH982 onH5921 emptyH8414 pleas; they tellH1696 liesH7723;they conceiveH2029 mischiefH5999 and give birth toH3205 iniquityH205.5They hatchH1234 the eggsH1000 of vipersH6848and weaveH707 a spider’sH5908 webH6980.Whoever eatsH398 their eggsH1000 will dieH4191;crack one openH2116, and a viperH660 is hatchedH1234.6Their cobwebsH6980 cannotH3808 be made intoH1961 clothingH899,and they cannotH3808 cover themselvesH3680 with their worksH4639.Their deedsH4639 are sinfulH205 deedsH4639,and actsH6467 of violenceH2555 are in their handsH3709.
7Their feetH7272 runH7323 to evilH7451;they are swiftH4116 to shedH8210 innocentH5355 bloodH1818.Their thoughtsH4284 are sinfulH205 thoughtsH4284;ruinH7701 and destructionH76671 lie in their wakeH4546.8The wayH1870 of peaceH7965 they have notH3808 knownH3045,2and there is noH369 justiceH4941 in their tracksH4570.They have turned them into crookedH6140 pathsH5410;no oneH3605H3808 who treadsH1869 on them will knowH3045 peaceH7965.
9ThereforeH5921H3651 justiceH4941 is farH7368 from usH4480,and righteousnessH6666 does notH3808 reach usH5381.We hopeH6960 for lightH216, but thereH2009 is darknessH2822;for brightnessH5054, but we walkH1980 in gloomH653.10Like the blindH5787, we feel our way alongH1659 the wallH7023,gropingH1659 like those withoutH369 eyesH5869.We stumbleH3782 at middayH6672 as in the twilightH5399;among the vigorousH820 we are like the deadH4191.11We allH3605 growlH1993 like bearsH1677and moanH1897 like dovesH3123.We hopeH6960 for justiceH4941, but find noneH369,for salvationH3444, but it is farH7368 from usH4480.
12ForH3588 our transgressionsH6588 are multipliedH7231 before YouH5048,and our sinsH2403 testifyH6030 against us.Our transgressionsH6588 are indeedH3588 with usH854,and we knowH3045 our iniquitiesH5771:13rebellingH6586 and denyingH3584 the LORDH3068,turning awayH5253 fromH310 our GodH430,speakingH1696 oppressionH6233 and revoltH5627,conceivingH2029 and utteringH1897 liesH8267 from the heartH3820.
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 59:7 LXX misery ↩
- 2. Isaiah 59:8 Cited in Romans 3:15–17 ↩
Commentaries on Isaiah 59
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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