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Separation
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| Isaiah 59:1 |
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Behold, the LORD'S hand is not so short That
it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. |
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| Isaiah 59:2 |
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But your iniquities have made a separation between
you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does
not hear. |
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| Isaiah 59:3 |
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For your hands are defiled with blood And your
fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness. |
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| Isaiah 59:4 |
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No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly.
They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive mischief and bring forth
iniquity. |
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| Isaiah 59:5 |
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They hatch adders' eggs and weave the spider's
web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a snake breaks
forth. |
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| Isaiah 59:6 |
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Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will
they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And
an act of violence is in their hands. |
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| Isaiah 59:7 |
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Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed
innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction
are in their highways. |
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| Isaiah 59:8 |
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They do not know the way of peace, And there
is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads
on them does not know peace. |
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A Confession of Wickedness |
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| Isaiah 59:9 |
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Therefore justice is far from us, And righteousness
does not overtake us; We hope for light, but behold, darkness, For brightness,
but we walk in gloom. |
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| Isaiah 59:10 |
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We grope along the wall like blind men, We grope
like those who have no eyes; We stumble at midday as in the twilight, Among those
who are vigorous we are like dead men. |
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| Isaiah 59:11 |
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All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like
doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from
us. |
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| Isaiah 59:12 |
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For our transgressions are multiplied before
You, And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And
we know our iniquities: |
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| Isaiah 59:13 |
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Transgressing and denying the LORD, And turning
away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering
from the heart lying words. |
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| Isaiah 59:14 |
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Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands
far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.
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| Isaiah 59:15 |
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Yes, truth is lacking; And he who turns aside
from evil makes himself a prey. Now the LORD saw, And it was displeasing in His
sight that there was no justice. |
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| Isaiah 59:16 |
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And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished
that there was no one to intercede; Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him. |
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| Isaiah 59:17 |
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He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for
clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle. |
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| Isaiah 59:18 |
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According to their deeds, so He will repay,
Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the coastlands He will
make recompense. |
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| Isaiah 59:19 |
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So they will fear the name of the LORD from
the west And His glory from the rising of the sun, For He will come like a rushing
stream Which the wind of the LORD drives. |
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| Isaiah 59:20 |
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"A Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those
who turn from transgression in Jacob," declares the LORD. |
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| Isaiah 59:21 |
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"As for Me, this is My covenant with them,"
says the LORD: "My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in
your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring,
nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring," says the LORD, "from now and
forever." |
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