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, Adonai’s hand is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. Rather, your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God. 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 iniquity. Your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness. 4No one sues justly, and none pleads a case honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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 50:1Thus says Adonai: “Where is the divorce certificate, by which I sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? See, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
• Deuteronomy 32:19“Adonai saw, and He spurned His sons and His daughters out of vexation.
• Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned. Yes, they have also transgressed My covenant, which I commanded them. Now they have even taken of the things under the ban of destruction. So they have also stolen and even deceived, and even put them among their own possessions.
• Proverbs 15:29Adonai is far from the wicked, but hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have turned these away, your sins have deprived you of bounty.
• Isaiah 57:17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry; I struck him; I hid My face; I was angry—but he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then My anger will flare against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them. So they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them. They will say on that day, ‘Isn’t it because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
• Deuteronomy 32:20He said, “I will hide My face from them, I want to see their hereafter. For they are an upside down generation, children with no faithfulness in them.
• Ezekiel 39:23The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they broke faith with Me. So I hid My face from them and gave them into the hand of their enemies. All of them fell by the sword.
• Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to Adonai, but He will not answer them. Thus He will hide His face from them at that time, because of their 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