Isaiah 59:2

Isaiah 59:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
• New International Version (NIV)But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.

Context of Isaiah 59:2

1Indeed, the Lord’s arm is not too weak to save, and his ear is not too deaf to hear. But your iniquities are separating you from your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not listen. 3For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers, with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongues mutter injustice. 4No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Isaiah 59:2 word by word

כִּ֤י אִם־עֲוֹנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ הָי֣וּ מַבְדִּלִ֔ים בֵּינֵכֶ֕ם לְבֵ֖ין אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם וְחַטֹּֽאותֵיכֶ֗ם הִסְתִּ֧ירוּ פָנִ֛ים מִכֶּ֖ם מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But your iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• have separatedבָּדַלbâdal · to separateH914
• betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• you and your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and your sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• have hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• from you, that he will not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Cross-references for Isaiah 59:2

• Isaiah 50:1This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.
• Deuteronomy 32:19When the Lord saw this, he despised them, angered by his sons and daughters.
• Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned. They have violated my covenant that I appointed for them. They have taken some of what was set apart. They have stolen, deceived, and put those things with their own belongings.
• Proverbs 15:29The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Jeremiah 5:25Your guilty acts have diverted these things from you. Your sins have withheld my bounty from you,
• Isaiah 57:17Because of his sinful greed I was angry, so I struck him; I was angry and hid; but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.
• Deuteronomy 31:17My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’
• Deuteronomy 32:20He said, “I will hide my face from them; I will see what will become of them, for they are a perverse generation — unfaithful children.
• Ezekiel 39:23And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile on account of their iniquity, because they dealt unfaithfully with me. Therefore, I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
• Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.

Commentaries on Isaiah 59:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2His face - For פנים panim, faces, I read panaiv, his face. So the Syriac, Septuagint, Alexandrian, Arabic, and Vulgate. פני panai, MS. Forte legendum פני panai, nam מ mem, sequitur, et loquitur Deus; confer cap. Isaiah 58:14. "We should perhaps read פני panai ; for מ mem follows, and God is the speaker." - Secker. I rather think that the speech of God was closed with the last chapter, and that this chapter is delivered in the person of the prophet. - L.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2But your iniquities - That is, the sins which the prophet had specified in the previous chapter, and which he proceeds further to specify in this. Have separated - The word used here (בדל bâdal ) conveys the idea of division, usually by a curtain or a wall Exodus 26:33; Ezekiel 42:20. Thus the firmament‘ (רקיע râqı̂ya‛ “expanse”) is said to have “divided” or “separated” (מבדיל mabedı̂yl ) the waters from the waters Genesis 1:6. The idea here is, that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2your sins have hidden His face from you: The Israelites, like all people (Romans 3:15–17), had sinned. This led to separation from God, who turned away.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. hid--Hebrew, "caused Him to hide" (La 3:44).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 59:2

• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Cloke
• Grope
• Heavy
• Iniquity
• Mutter
• Revolt
• Face
• Isaiah

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