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Isaiah 59:2

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1 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 15:29

    The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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  • Jeremiah 5:25

    Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

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  • Micah 3:4

    Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.

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  • Isaiah 1:15

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:17–18

    Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

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  • Ezekiel 39:23–24

    And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:19–20

    And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

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  • Isaiah 57:17

    For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

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