Isaiah 59:2

But your misdeedes haue seperated you from your God, and your sinnes hyde his face from you, that he heareth you not.

Bible (Bishops')

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

1Beholde, the Lordes hande is not so shortened that it can not helpe, neither is his eare so stopped that it may not heare:

3For your handes are defiled with blood, and your fingers with vnrighteousnesse: your lippes speake leasinges, and your tongue setteth out wickednesse.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:15When you holde out your handes, I wyll turne myne eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, yet I wyll heare nothyng at all, seyng your handes are full of blood.

Isaiah 57:17I am wroth with hym for his couetousnesse, I smite hym, I hide me and am angrie, and he turneth himselfe, and foloweth thee by the way of his owne heart.

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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