Isaiah 59:1

Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so 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 made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:23And the Lord answered him: “Can the hand of the Lord be ineffective? Soon now, you shall see whether my word will be fulfilled in this work.”

1 Samuel 8:18And you will cry out, in that day, from the face of the king, whom you have chosen for yourselves. And the Lord will not heed you, in that day. For you requested a king for yourselves.”

Isaiah 6:10Blind the heart of this people. Make their ears heavy and close their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.”

Isaiah 50:2For I arrived, and there was no man. I called out, and there was no one who would hear. Has my hand been shortened and become small, so that I am unable to redeem? Or is there no power in me to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke, I will make the sea into a desert. I will turn rivers into dry land. The fish will rot for lack of water and will die of thirst.

Isaiah 63:1Who is this, who arrives from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrah? This is the Handsome One in his robe, advancing by the fullness of his strength. It is I, the Speaker of Justice, and I am the Fighter for Salvation.

Jeremiah 32:17Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Behold, you have made heaven and earth, by your great strength and by your outstretched arm. No word is difficult for you.

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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