Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you — from hearing.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1Lo, the hand of Jehovah Hath not been shortened from saving, Nor heavy his ear from hearing.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:19And Jehovah seeth and despiseth — For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
1 Samuel 4:3And the people cometh in unto the camp, and the elders of Israel say, 'Why hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? we take unto us from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and it cometh into our midst, and He doth save us out of the hand of our enemies.'
Isaiah 1:15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
Isaiah 57:17For the iniquity of his dishonest gain, I have been wroth, and I smite him, Hiding — and am wroth, And he goeth on turning back in the way of his heart.
Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.
Ezekiel 39:24According to their uncleanness, And according to their transgressions, I have done with them, And I do hide 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 →