Isaiah 59:2

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

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
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.
KJV
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
WEB
But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
ASV
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.
DARBY
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he doth not hear.
BLB
For but your⁺ iniquities [that] have been causing separation for you⁺ from your⁺ God, and your⁺ sins have hidden the Face from you⁺, away from hearing.
ÅB
Men deres misgjerninger har gjort skilsmisse mellom dere og deres Gud, og deres synder har skjult hans åsyn for dere, så han ikke hører.
OTB
Men deres misgjerninger har skilt mellom dere og deres Gud; deres synder har skjult hans ansikt for dere, så han ikke hører.
B1930
Men eders misgjerninger har gjort skilsmisse mellem eder og eders Gud, og eders synder har skjult hans åsyn for eder, så han ikke hører.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 15:29

    The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

    Read in context
  • Jeremiah 5:25

    Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

    Read in context
  • Micah 3:4

    Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

    Read in context
  • Isaiah 1:15

    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

    Read in context
  • Deuteronomy 31:17–18

    On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

    Read in context
  • Ezekiel 39:23–24

    And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

    Read in context
  • Deuteronomy 32:19–20

    When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

    Read in context
  • Isaiah 57:17

    I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

    Read in context