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Isaiah 59:1

Behold, LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.

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In The King James Version

Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

In Context

2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he will not hear.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:23And LORD said to Moses, Is LORD's hand grown short? Now thou shall see whether my word shall come to pass to thee or not.

1 Samuel 8:18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye shall have chosen you, and LORD will not answer you in that day.

Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, and be healed.

Isaiah 50:2Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea. I make the rivers a wilderness.

Isaiah 63:1Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah, this who is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Jeremiah 32:17Ah lord LORD! Behold, thou have made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for thee,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:1

In this chapter we have sin appearing exceedingly sinful, and grace appearing exceedingly gracious; and, as what is here said of the sinner's sin ( ver. 7, 8 ) is applied to the general corruption of mankind ( Rom. iii. 15 ), so what is here said of a Redeemer ( ver. 20 ) is applied to Christ, Rom. xi. 26 . I. It is here charged upon this people that they had themselves stopped the current of God's favours to them, and the particular sins are specified which kept good things from them, ver. 1-8 . II. It is here… Read the whole commentary →

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