Isaiah 59:1

Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, Nor is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear;

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In The King James Version

Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

In Context

2But your iniquities have separated you from your God, And your sins have hidden his face from you, that he doth not hear.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people gross; Make their ears dull, and blind their eyes; That they may not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, Nor perceive with their hearts, and turn, and be healed.

Isaiah 50:2Wherefore, when I came, was no man at hand? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, And make the rivers a desert. Their fish putrefy for want of water, And die with thirst.

Isaiah 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom? In scarlet garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, Proud in the greatness of his strength? I that proclaim deliverance, And am mighty to save.

Jeremiah 32:17Ah, Lord, Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and thy stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:1

In this chapter we have sin appearing exceedingly sinful, and grace appearing exceedingly gracious; and, as what is here said of the sinner's sin ( ver. 7, 8 ) is applied to the general corruption of mankind ( Rom. iii. 15 ), so what is here said of a Redeemer ( ver. 20 ) is applied to Christ, Rom. xi. 26 . I. It is here charged upon this people that they had themselves stopped the current of God's favours to them, and the particular sins are specified which kept good things from them, ver. 1-8 . II. It is here… Read the whole commentary →

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