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Isaiah 59

Separation from God

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Behold,  athe LORD'S hand is not so short That it cannot save;  bNor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear.

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But your  ainiquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His  1face from you so that He does  bnot hear.

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For your  ahands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken  bfalsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness.

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 aNo one sues righteously and  bno one pleads  1honestly. They  ctrust in confusion and speak lies; They  dconceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

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They hatch adders' eggs and  aweave 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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Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they  acover themselves with their works; Their  bworks are works of iniquity, And an  cact of violence is in their  1hands.

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 aTheir feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood;  bTheir thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

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They do not know the  away of peace, And there is  bno justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked,  cWhoever treads on  1them does not know peace.

A Confession of Wickedness

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Therefore  ajustice is far from us, And righteousness does not overtake us; We  bhope for light, but behold, darkness, For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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We  agrope along the wall like blind men, We grope like those who have no eyes; We  bstumble at midday as in the twilight, Among those who are vigorous we are  clike dead men.

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All of us growl like bears, And  amoan sadly like doves; We hope for  bjustice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.

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For our  atransgressions are multiplied before You, And our  bsins  1testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And  2we know our iniquities:

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Transgressing and  adenying the LORD, And turning away from our God, Speaking  boppression and revolt, Conceiving in and  cuttering from the heart lying words.

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 aJustice is turned back, And  brighteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter.

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Yes, truth is lacking; And he who turns aside from evil  amakes himself a prey. Now the LORD saw, And it was  1displeasing in His sight  bthat there was no justice.

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And He saw that there was  ano man, And was astonished that there was no one to intercede; Then His  bown arm brought salvation to Him, And His righteousness upheld Him.

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He put on  arighteousness like a breastplate, And a  bhelmet of salvation on His head; And He put on  cgarments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with  dzeal as a mantle.

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 aAccording to their  1deeds,  2so He will repay, Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the coastlands He will  3make recompense.

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So they will fear the name of the LORD from the  awest And His glory from the  brising of the sun, For He will  ccome like a  1rushing stream Which the wind of the LORD drives.

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"A  aRedeemer will come to Zion, And to those who  bturn from transgression in Jacob," declares the LORD.

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"As for Me, this is My  acovenant with them," says the LORD: "My  bSpirit which is upon you, and My  cwords which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your  1offspring, nor from the mouth of your  1offspring's offspring," says the LORD, "from now and forever."



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