Isaiah 59:7-9

Good News Translation

^7 (A)You are always planning something evil, and you can hardly wait to do it. You never hesitate to murder innocent people. You leave ruin and destruction wherever you go, ⁸ and no one is safe when you are around. Everything you do is unjust. You follow a crooked path, and no one who walks that path will ever be safe.

The People Confess Their Sin

⁹ The people say, “Now we know why God does not save us from those who oppress us. We hope for light to walk by, but there is only darkness,