New American Standard Bible 2020

Isaiah 59:2-13

2But your 1wrongdoingsH5771 have causedH914 aH914 separationH914 betweenH996 you and your GodH430, And your sinsH2403 have hiddenH5641 His 2faceH6440 from you soH4480 thatH4480 He does 3notH4480 hearH8085.3For your 4handsH3709 are defiledH1351 with bloodH1818, And your fingersH676 with wrongdoingH5771; Your lipsH8193 have spokenH1696 5deceitH8267, Your tongueH3956 muttersH1897 wickednessH5767.4 6NoH369 oneH369 suesH7121 righteouslyH6664 and 7noH369 oneH369 pleadsH8199 8honestlyH530. They 9trustH982 in confusionH8414 and speakH1696 liesH7723; They 10conceiveH2029 troubleH5999 and giveH3205 birthH3205 to disasterH205.5They hatchH1234 vipers’H6848 eggsH1000 and 11weaveH707 the spider’sH5908 webH6980; The one who eatsH398 of their eggsH1000 diesH4191, And from what is crushedH2115, a snakeH660 breaksH1234 outH1234.6Their websH6980 will not becomeH1961 clothingH899, NorH3808 will they 12coverH3680 themselves with their worksH4639; Their 13worksH4639 are worksH4639 of wrongdoingH205, And an 14actH6467 of violenceH2555 is in their 15handsH3709.7 16Their feetH7272 runH7323 to evilH7451, And they hurryH4116 to shedH8210 innocentH5355 bloodH1818; 17Their thoughtsH4284 are thoughtsH4284 of wrongdoingH205, DevastationH7701 and destructionH7667 are in their pathsH4546.8They do not knowH3045 the 18wayH1870 of peaceH7965, And thereH369 isH369 19noH369 justiceH4941 in their tracksH4570; They have madeH6140 their pathsH5410 crookedH6140, 20WhoeverH3605 walksH1869 on 21them does not knowH3045 peaceH7965.

9ThereforeH5921 H3651 22justiceH4941 isH7368 farH7368 from us, And righteousnessH6666 does not reachH5381 us; We 23hopeH6960 for lightH216, but thereH2009 is darknessH2822, For brightnessH5054, but we walkH1980 in gloomH653.10We 24gropeH1659 for the wallH7023 like peopleH5787 who are blindH5787, We gropeH1659 like those who haveH369 noH369 eyesH5869. We 25stumbleH3782 at middayH6672 as in the twilightH5399; Among those who are healthyH820 we are 26like the deadH4191.11AllH3605 of us growlH1993 like bearsH1677, And 27moanH1897 sadlyH1897 like dovesH3123; We hopeH6960 for 28justiceH4941, but thereH369 isH369 noneH369; For salvationH3444, but it isH7368 farH7368 from us.12For our 29wrongfulH6588 actsH6588 have multipliedH7231 beforeH5048 You, And our 30sinsH2403 have testifiedH6030 against us; For our wrongfulH6588 actsH6588 are with us, And 31we knowH3045 our wrongdoingsH5771:13 32OffendingH6586 and 33denyingH3584 the LordH3068, And turningH5472 awayH5472 from our GodH430, SpeakingH1696 34oppressionH6233 and revoltH5627, ConceivingH2029 and 35utteringH1897 lyingH8267 wordsH1697 from the heartH3820.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 59:2 Is 1:15; 50:1 ↩
2. Isaiah 59:2 As in ancient versions; MT faces ↩
3. Isaiah 59:2 Is 58:4 ↩
4. Isaiah 59:3 Is 1:15, 21; Jer 2:30, 34; Ezek 7:23; Hos 4:2 ↩
5. Isaiah 59:3 Is 28:15; 30:9; 59:13 ↩
6. Isaiah 59:4 Is 5:7; 59:14 ↩
7. Isaiah 59:4 Is 59:14, 15 ↩
8. Isaiah 59:4 Lit in truth ↩
9. Isaiah 59:4 Is 30:12; Jer 7:4, 8 ↩
10. Isaiah 59:4 Job 15:35; Ps 7:14; Is 33:11 ↩
11. Isaiah 59:5 Job 8:14 ↩
12. Isaiah 59:6 Is 28:20 ↩
13. Isaiah 59:6 Is 57:12; Jer 6:7 ↩
14. Isaiah 59:6 Is 58:4; Ezek 7:11 ↩
15. Isaiah 59:6 Lit palms ↩
16. Isaiah 59:7 Prov 1:16; 6:17; Rom 3:15-17 ↩
17. Isaiah 59:7 Is 65:2; 66:18; Mark 7:21, 22 ↩
18. Isaiah 59:8 Luke 1:79 ↩
19. Isaiah 59:8 Is 59:9, 11; Hos 4:1 ↩
20. Isaiah 59:8 Is 57:20, 21 ↩
21. Isaiah 59:8 Lit it ↩
22. Isaiah 59:9 Is 59:14 ↩
23. Isaiah 59:9 Is 5:30; 8:21, 22 ↩
24. Isaiah 59:10 Deut 28:29; Job 5:14 ↩
25. Isaiah 59:10 Is 8:14, 15; 28:13 ↩
26. Isaiah 59:10 Lam 3:6 ↩
27. Isaiah 59:11 Is 38:14; Ezek 7:16 ↩
28. Isaiah 59:11 Is 59:9, 14 ↩
29. Isaiah 59:12 Ezra 9:6; Is 58:1 ↩
30. Isaiah 59:12 Is 3:9; Jer 14:7; Hos 5:5 ↩
31. Isaiah 59:12 Lit our wrongdoings we know them ↩
32. Isaiah 59:13 Or Revolting against and ↩
33. Isaiah 59:13 Josh 24:27; Prov 30:9; Matt 10:33; Titus 1:16 ↩
34. Isaiah 59:13 Is 5:7; 30:12; Jer 9:3, 4 ↩
35. Isaiah 59:13 Is 59:3, 4; Mark 7:21, 22 ↩

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