Isaiah 59:2

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he doth not hear.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear;

3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak lies, your tongue muttereth unrighteousness:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:19And Jehovah saw it, and despised them, Because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.

1 Samuel 4:3And the people came into the camp; and the elders of Israel said, Why has Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch ourselves the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine 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 was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.

Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden from you what is good.

Ezekiel 39:24According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I did unto them, 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 →

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