Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have ever made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have caused him to hide his face from you, so that he would not hear.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
1Behold, the Lord's hand is not too short to save; neither his ear too heavy for hearing;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:19And the Lord saw this, and he was angry; because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.
1 Samuel 4:3And when the people were come back into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us this day before the Philistines? Let us bring over to us out of Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that it may come in the midst of us, and deliver us out of the hand of our enemies.
Isaiah 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will withdraw my eyes from you; yea, when ye make ever so many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 57:17Because of the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and I smote him, hiding my face, and was wroth: while he went on frowardly in the way of his own heart.
Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden what is good from you.
Ezekiel 39:24According to their uncleanness, and according to their transgressions did I deal with them, and 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 →