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

1The Lord is not too weak to save or his ear too deaf to hear. But your wrongs have separated you from your God, and your sins have made him hide his face so that he doesn’t hear you. 3Your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers are stained with sin. You speak lies, and you mutter wicked things. 4No one calls for justice, and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

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 are your mother’s divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.
• Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord saw this and rejected them, because his own sons and daughters had made him angry.
• Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned. They have ignored the requirements that I have placed on them. They have taken what I claimed for myself and put it among their own goods. They have not only stolen, but they have also lied.
• Proverbs 15:29The Lord is far from wicked people, but he hears the prayers of righteous people.
• Jeremiah 5:25Your wickedness has turned these things away. Your sins have kept good things away from you.
• Isaiah 57:17I was angry because of their sinful greed, so I punished them, hid ⌞from them⌟, and remained angry. But they continued to be sinful.
• Deuteronomy 31:17On that day I will become angry with them. I will abandon them and turn away from them. They will be destroyed, and many terrible disasters will happen to them. On that day they will ask, ‘Haven’t these disasters happened to us because our God isn’t with us?’
• Deuteronomy 32:20He said, “I will turn away from them and find out what will happen to them. They are devious people, children who can’t be trusted.
• Ezekiel 39:23Then the nations will know that the people of Israel went into captivity because they did wrong and rebelled against me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies. They were killed in battle.
• Micah 3:4Then you will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer you. He will hide his face from you at that time because you have done evil things.

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