Isaiah 59:2-13
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2 But your (A)iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His [a]face from you so that He does (B)not hear.
3 For your (C)hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken a (D)lie;
Your tongue mutters unrighteousness.
4 (E)No one calls in righteousness, and (F)no one seeks justice in truth.
They (G)trust in [b]confusion and speak worthlessness;
They (H)conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness.
5 They break open vipers’ eggs and (I)weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
6 Their webs will not become a garment,
Nor will they (J)cover themselves with their works;
Their (K)works are works of wickedness,
And a (L)deed of violence is in their [c]hands.
7 (M)Their feet run to evil,
And they are quick to shed innocent blood;
(N)Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness;
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
8 They do not know the (O)way of peace,
And there is (P)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
(Q)Whoever treads on [d]them does not know peace.
Trangressing and Denying Yahweh
9 Therefore (R)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us;
We (S)hope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in thick darkness.
10 We (T)grope along the wall like blind men;
We grope like those who have no eyes;
We (U)stumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are (V)like dead men.
11 All of us growl like bears,
And (W)moan sadly like doves;
We hope for (X)justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our (Y)transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our (Z)sins answer against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And [e]we know our iniquities:
13 Transgressing and (AA)denying Yahweh,
And turning back from our God,
Speaking (AB)oppression and revolt,
Conceiving in and (AC)uttering from the heart lying words.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:2 As in versions; M.T. faces
- Isaiah 59:4 Lit formless
- Isaiah 59:6 Lit palms
- Isaiah 59:8 Lit it
- Isaiah 59:12 Lit our iniquities we know them
Lamentations 1:5
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He
5 Her adversaries have become [a]her masters;
Her enemies are complacent;
For [b]Yahweh has (A)caused her grief
Because of the greatness of her transgressions;
Her infants have gone away
As captives before the adversary.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:5 Lit head
- Lamentations 1:5 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
Lamentations 1:20
Legacy Standard Bible
Resh
20 See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;
My [a](A)inmost being is greatly disturbed;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very (B)rebellious.
In the street the sword bereaves;
In the house it is like death.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:20 Lit inward parts are in ferment
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