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But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God;
your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.[a]
For your hands are stained with blood
and your fingers with sin;
your lips speak lies,
your tongue utters malicious words.
No one is concerned about justice;[b]
no one sets forth his case truthfully.
They depend on false words[c] and tell lies;
they conceive of oppression[d]
and give birth to sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:2 tn Heb “and your sins have caused [his] face to be hidden from you so as not to hear.”
  2. Isaiah 59:4 tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”
  3. Isaiah 59:4 tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”
  4. Isaiah 59:4 tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”

But your iniquities have separated(A)
    you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you,
    so that he will not hear.(B)
For your hands are stained with blood,(C)
    your fingers with guilt.(D)
Your lips have spoken falsely,(E)
    and your tongue mutters wicked things.
No one calls for justice;(F)
    no one pleads a case with integrity.
They rely(G) on empty arguments, they utter lies;(H)
    they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.(I)

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