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

1Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. But your wrongdoings have caused a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. 3For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with wrongdoing; Your lips have spoken deceit, Your tongue mutters wickedness. 4No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive trouble and give birth to disaster.

Isaiah 59:2 word by word

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

• wrongdoingsעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• have causedבָּדַלbâdal · to separateH914
• betweenבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• you and your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• And your sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• have hiddenסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• from you soמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Cross-references for Isaiah 59:2

• Isaiah 50:1This is what the Lord says: “Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your wrongdoings, And for your wrongful acts your mother was sent away.
• Deuteronomy 32:19“The Lord saw this, and spurned them Because of the provocation by His sons and daughters.
• Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned, and they have also violated My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things designated for destruction, and have both stolen and kept it a secret. Furthermore, they have also put them among their own things.
• Proverbs 15:29The Lord is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Jeremiah 5:25Your wrongdoings have turned these away, And your sins have kept good away from you.
• Isaiah 57:17Because of the wrongful act of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid My face and was angry, And he went on turning away, in the way of his heart.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger will be kindled against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them; so they will say on that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’
• Deuteronomy 32:20Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be; For they are a perverse generation, Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
• Ezekiel 39:23The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their wrongdoing, because they were disloyal to Me, and I hid My face from them; so I handed them over to their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword.
• Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the Lord, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds.

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