Isaiah 59

1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.

3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

8 The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.

9 Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

10 Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.

11 We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

13 rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

15 Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.

17 He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.

18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.

19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

20 “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

21 “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

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 lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works [are] works of iniquity, and the act of violence [is] in their hands.

7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.

8 The way of peace they know not; and [there is] no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

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

13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

15 Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.

16 ¶ And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that [there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance [for] clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

18 According to [their] deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

20 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

21 As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

1 Behold, the hand of the LORD is not too short, that he cannot help; neither are his ears waxed thick, that he cannot hear,

2 But your iniquities separate you from your God, and your sins hide the face of you, that ye be not heard.

3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips speak. Falsehood, your tongue sealeth iniquity.

4 There is none that preacheth righteousness, or that judgeth faithfully. They trust in vain things, and speak not righteous things: they are pregnant with misfortunes, and bring forth trouble.

5 they hatch basilisk eggs, and work cobwebs. If one eats of their eggs, one shall die; but if one crushes them, an adder comes out.

6 Their spider's web is not fit for garments, neither is their fabric fit for a covering: for their work is toil, and in their hands is wickedness.

7 Their feet run to evil, and are swift to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are trouble, their way is vain destruction and harm;

8 They know not the way of peace, neither is there any righteousness in their ways: they are perverse in their paths: he that walketh therein hath no peace.

9 Therefore is judgment far from us, and we obtain not righteousness. We wait for the light, and, behold, it is dark; for the light, and, behold, we walk in darkness.

10 We grope after the wall as the blind, and grope as they that have no eyes. We stumble in the midday as in the twilight; we are in the gloom as the dead.

11 We all growl like bears, and groan like doves: for we wait for judgment, if it be not there; for salvation, if it be far from us.

12 For our transgression before thee is too much, and our sins answer against us. For our transgressions are with us, and we feel our sins.

13 By transgressing, and lying against the LORD, and turning back from our God, and speaking iniquity and disobedience, striving, and uttering false words out of the heart.

14 Therefore also judgment is receded, and righteousness is put afar off: for truth falleth in the street, and righteousness cannot walk,

15 And the truth is gone; and he that departeth from evil is every man's spoil. The LORD seeth these things, and is displeased with them, because they are not right.

16 And he beheld that there was none, and marvelled that no man represented them. Therefore he himself helpeth him with his arm, and his righteousness sustaineth him.

17 For he putteth on righteousness as an armour, and setteth a helmet of salvation upon his head, and putteth on vengeance, and clotheth himself with zeal as with a garment,

18 As he will repay his adversaries, and pay his enemies with wrath; yea, the isles will he pay,

19 That the name of the LORD may be feared from the going down, and his glory from the rising of the sun, when he shall come as a stopped river, which the wind of the LORD driveth.

20 For unto them that are in Zion shall come a deliverer, and unto them that turn from sins in Jacob, saith the LORD.

21 And I make this covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit which is with thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed and of thy child, saith the LORD, from henceforth even for ever.