Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he will not hear.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1Behold, LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy, that it cannot hear.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:19And LORD saw, and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
1 Samuel 4:3And when the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has LORD smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of LORD out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out o
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 57:17For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry, and smote him. I hid [my face] and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
Ezekiel 39:24I did to them according to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions. And I hid my face from them.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:2-9
The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Behold, the Lord 's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak… Read the whole commentary →