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Isaiah 59:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

How often have we sinned and turned against you, the LORD God? Our sins condemn us! We have done wrong.

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You punished us because of our terrible sins. But you did not punish us nearly as much as we deserve, and you have brought some of us back home.

and prayed: I am much too ashamed to face you, LORD God. Our sins and our guilt have swept over us like a flood that reaches up to the heavens.

You have always been fair when you punished us for our sins.

I know about my sins, and I cannot forget my terrible guilt.

Israel, you are a sinful nation loaded down with guilt. You are wicked and corrupt and have turned from the LORD, the holy God of Israel.

The look on your faces shows that you are sinful as Sodom, and you don't try to hide it. You are in for trouble, and you have brought it all on yourselves.

Shout the message! Don't hold back. Say to my people Israel: You've sinned! You've turned against the LORD.

You are the only God ever seen or heard of who works miracles for his followers.

Our terrible sins may demand that we be punished. But if you rescue us, LORD, everyone will see how great you are.

Just try to find one hilltop where you haven't gone to worship other gods by having sex. You sat beside the road like a robber in ambush, except you offered yourself to every passer-by. Your sins of unfaithfulness have polluted the land.

But the people of Jerusalem rebelled and refuse to obey me. They ignored my laws and have become even more sinful than the nations around them.

Anyone who survives will escape into the hills, like doves who leave the valleys to find safety. All of you will moan because of your sins.

Your whole country is in confusion! Murder and violence are everywhere in Israel,

Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness— these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.

Israel, your pride testifies to your guilt; it makes you stumble, and Judah stumbles too.

I am the LORD, their God, but in all their troubles their pride keeps them from returning to me.

Laws cannot be enforced; justice is always the loser; criminals crowd out honest people and twist the laws around.

But if you don't keep your promise, you will sin against the LORD and be punished.




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