Isaiah 59:12

Because peysha'einu (our rebellions) have multiplied before Thee, 1 and chattoteinu (our sins) testify against us; 1 for peysha'einu are still with us; 1 and as for avonoteinu (our iniquities), we acknowledge them: 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

In Context

11We all growl like dubim (bears), 1 and moan continually like yonim (doves); 1 we look for mishpat, but there is none; 1 for Yeshu'ah (Salvation), but it is far off from us. 1

13In rebelling against and kachash (denying) Hashem, 1 and nasog (turning away) from Eloheinu, 1 speaking oshek (oppression) and sarah (revolt), 1 conceiving and uttering from the lev (heart) divrei sheker (words of falsehood). 1

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Cross References

Ezra 9:6And davened, O Elohai, I am ashamed and am disgraced to lift up my face to thee, Elohai, for avonoteinu are increased over our head, and ashmateinu (our guilt) is reached up unto Shomayim.

Nehemiah 9:33Howbeit Thou art tzaddik in all that is brought upon us; for Thou hast done emes, but we have done wrong;

Isaiah 3:9The show of their countenance doth testify against them; 1 and they make known their chet like S'dom; 1 they conceal it not. 1 Oy to their nefesh! For they do ra'ah unto themselves. 1

Jeremiah 3:2Lift up thine eyes unto the hilltops, and see! 1 Where hast thou not been lain with? 1 In the drakhim (ways, roads) hast thou sat [waiting] for them, 1 as the nomad in the midbar; 1 and thou hast defiled the eretz 1 with thy zenut (whoredom, prostitution) and with thy ra'ah (wickedness). 1

Jeremiah 5:25Your avonot (iniquities) have turned away these things, 1 and your chatta'ot (sins) have deprived hatov from you. 1

Jeremiah 14:7Hashem, though avoneinu (our iniquities) testify against us, 1 do Thou it l'ama'an (for the sake of) Shemecha (Thy Name); 1 for meshuvoteinu (our backslidings) are great; 1 we have sinned against Thee. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:10-16

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 12 For our transgressions… Read the whole commentary →

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