Isaiah 59:2
It's your guilt that has created a barrier between you and your God; your sins have hidden his face from you so he can't hear you.
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In Context
1Don't you see? The Lord's arm isn't too weak to save you, and his ear isn't too deaf to hear you!
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord rejected them when he saw this; his sons and daughters made him angry.
1 Samuel 4:3When the Israelite army returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord defeat us before the Philistines today? Let's go and get the Ark of the Lord's Agreement from Shiloh, so that he can accompany us and save us from our enemies.”
Isaiah 1:15When you hold up your hands to me in prayer, I'll look away. Even though you pray many prayers, I won't pay attention to them, because your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 57:17Yes, I was angry with these sinful, greedy people so I punished them. I was angry, so I hid myself from them, but they went on their own rebellious way, doing whatever they wanted.
Jeremiah 5:25Your wrong actions have taken these benefits from you; your sins have deprived you of my blessings.
Ezekiel 39:24I dealt with them because of their uncleanness and sins, and I gave up on 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 →