Isaiah 59:3
For, your hands, are defiled with blood, And, your fingers, with iniquity,—Your lips, have spoken falsehood, and Your tongue, muttereth, perversity.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Isaiah 1:15Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply prayers, I am not hearkening,—Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.
Jeremiah 2:30In vain, have I smitten your children, Correction, have they not accepted,—Your sword hath devoured your prophets, as a lion that destroyeth.
Jeremiah 7:8Lo! ye, on your part, are trusting in false words,—To no profit!
Jeremiah 9:3Who have prepared their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land,—For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.
Jeremiah 22:17Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!
Ezekiel 9:9And he said unto me the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, is exceeding, great, and the land is filled with shed blood, and the city is full of over-reaching,—for they have said. Yahweh hath forsaken the land,— and Yahweh doth not see.
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 →