Isaiah 59:2
Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away his face from you, so as not to have mercy upon you.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
1Has the hand of the Lord no power to save? or has he made his ear heavy, so that he should not hear?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:19And the Lord saw, and was jealous; 1 And was provoked by the anger of his sons and daughters, 1
1 Samuel 4:3And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Shiloh, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies.
Isaiah 1:15When ye stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though ye make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 57:17On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and smote him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways.
Jeremiah 5:25Your transgressions have turned away these things, and your sins have removed good things from you.
Ezekiel 39:24According to their uncleannesses and according to their transgressions did I deal with them, and I turned away 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 →