The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 59:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But your iniquities are separating you from your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not listen. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible but your misdeeds have separated you from your God. Your sins have hidden his face from you so that you aren’t heard. Catholic Public Domain Version But your iniquities have made a division between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you, so that he would not hear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But your iniquities have divided between you and your God: and your sins have hid his face from you that he should not hear. |
The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.
Because of his sinful greed I was angry, so I struck him; I was angry and hid; but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.
You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today, hoping to make your voice heard on high.
Your guilty acts have diverted these things from you. Your sins have withheld my bounty from you,
Jerusalem has sinned grievously; therefore, she has become an object of scorn. All who honoured her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans and turns away.
I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.
Israel has sinned. They have violated my covenant that I appointed for them. They have taken some of what was set apart. They have stolen, deceived, and put those things with their own belongings.
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, ‘Why did the Lord defeat us today before the Philistines? Let’s bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh. Then it will go with us and save us from our enemies.’