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

1Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore. 3Your hands are the hands of murderers, and your fingers are filthy with sin. Your lips are full of lies, and your mouth spews corruption. 4No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.

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: “Was your mother sent away because I divorced her? Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.
• Deuteronomy 32:19“The Lord saw this and drew back, provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.
• Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned and broken my covenant! They have stolen some of the things that I commanded must be set apart for me. And they have not only stolen them but have lied about it and hidden the things among their own belongings.
• Proverbs 15:29The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the righteous.
• Jeremiah 5:25Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all these good things.
• Isaiah 57:17I was angry, so I punished these greedy people. I withdrew from them, but they kept going on their own stubborn way.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!’
• Deuteronomy 32:20He said, ‘I will abandon them; then see what becomes of them. For they are a twisted generation, children without integrity.
• Ezekiel 39:23The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile—it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them.
• Micah 3:4Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won’t even look at you!”

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)

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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