Isaiah 59:2

New Century Version

It is your evil that has separated you from your God. Your sins cause him to turn away from you, so he does not hear you.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:29

The Lord does not listen to the wicked, but he hears the prayers of those who do right.

Isaiah 1:15

When you raise your arms to me in prayer, I will refuse to look at you. Even if you say many prayers, I will not listen to you, because your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “People of Israel, you say I divorced your mother. Then where is the paper that proves it? Or do you think I sold you to pay a debt? Because of the evil things you did, I sold you. Because of the times she turned against me, your mother was sent away.

Isaiah 57:17

I was angry because they were dishonest in order to make money. I punished them and turned away from them in anger, but they continued to do evil.

Isaiah 58:4

On these special days when you fast, you argue and fight and hit each other with your fists. You cannot do these things as you do now and believe your prayers are heard in heaven.

Jeremiah 5:25

But your evil has kept away both rain and harvest. Your sins have kept you from enjoying good things.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem sinned terribly, so she has become unclean. Those who honored her now hate her, because they have seen her nakedness. She groans and turns away.

Ezekiel 39:29

I will not turn away from them anymore, because I will put my Spirit into the people of Israel, says the Lord God.”

Micah 3:4

They will cry to the Lord, but he won’t answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them, because what they have done is evil.”

Joshua 7:11

The Israelites have sinned; they have broken the agreement I commanded them to obey. They took some of the things I commanded them to destroy. They have stolen and lied and have taken those things for themselves.

1 Samuel 4:3

When some Israelite soldiers went back to their camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord let the Philistines defeat us? Let’s bring the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord here from Shiloh and take it with us into battle. Then God will save us from our enemies.”