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Isaiah 59:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For our transgressions have multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:

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And I said: My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face towards you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.


Israel’s arrogance testifies against them.  , Both Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their iniquity; even Judah will stumble with them.


Cursing,  lying,  murder,   stealing, and adultery  are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.


She has rebelled against my ordinances with more wickedness than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that surround her. For her people have rejected my ordinances and have not walked in my statutes.


Though our iniquities testify against us, Lord, act for your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions  are many; we have sinned against you.


Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned  the  Lord; they have despised  the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.


Israel’s arrogance testifies against them,  , yet they do not return to the Lord their God, and for all this, they do not seek him.


Forge the chain, for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed, and the city is filled with violence.


Look to the barren heights  and see. Where have you not been immoral? You sat waiting for them beside the roads like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.


The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom,  they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster on themselves.


You are righteous concerning all that has happened to us, because you have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.


After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt #– #though you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have allowed us to survive  ,  #– #


But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.


‘Cry out loudly, don’t hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Tell my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins.


This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict  the righteous; therefore, justice  comes out perverted.


From ancient times no one has heard, no one has listened to, no eye has seen any God except you who acts on behalf of the one who waits for him.


The survivors among them will escape and live on the mountains. Like doves of the valley, all of them will moan, each over his own iniquity.





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