11 We roar all like [a]bears, and mourn like doves: we look for equity, but there is none: for health, but it is far from us.

12 For our trespasses are many before thee, and our [b]sins testify against us: for our trespasses are with us, and we know our iniquities

13 In trespassing and lying against the Lord, and we have departed away from our God, and have spoken of cruelty and rebellion, conceiving and uttering out of the heart [c]false matters.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:11 We express our sorrows by outward signs, some more, some less.
  2. Isaiah 59:12 This confession is general to the Church to obtain remission of sins, and the Prophets did not exempt themselves from the same.
  3. Isaiah 59:13 To wit, against our neighbors.

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