Isaiah 59:1-8

1Behold, 1the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save; 2Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.2But your 3wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His 4face from you so that He does 5not hear.3For your 6hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with wrongdoing; Your lips have spoken 7deceit, Your tongue mutters wickedness.48No one sues righteously and 9no one pleads 10honestly. They 11trust in confusion and speak lies; They 12conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.5They hatch vipers’ eggs and 13weave the spider’s web; The one who eats of their eggs dies, And from what is crushed, a snake breaks out.6Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they 14cover themselves with their works; Their 15works are works of wrongdoing, And an 16act of violence is in their 17hands.718Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood; 19Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing, Devastation and destruction are in their paths.8They do not know the 20way of peace, And there is 21no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, 22Whoever walks on 23them does not know peace.