“After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt—for You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and given us a remnant such as this—
Isaiah 59:12 - Tree of Life Version For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us, for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For our transgressions are multiplied before You [O Lord], and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know and recognize them [as]: American Standard Version (1901) For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them: Common English Bible Our rebellions are numerous in your presence; our sins testify against us. Our rebellions are with us; we’re aware of our guilt: Catholic Public Domain Version For our iniquities have been multiplied in your sight, and our sins have answered us. For our wickedness is with us, and we have acknowledged our iniquities: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For our iniquities are multiplied before thee and our sins have testified against us: for our wicked doings are with us and we have known our iniquities: |
“After everything that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt—for You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and given us a remnant such as this—
I prayed, “O my God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God! For our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
You are righteous in all that has come upon us. For You have acted faithfully while we have done wickedly.
Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your mercy. According to Your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
Oy , a sinful nation, a people weighed down with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons dealing corruptly! They have abandoned Adonai. They have despised Israel’s Holy One. They have turned backwards.
The expression of their faces bears witness against them. They display their sin like Sodom— they do not hide it. Oy , their souls! For they brought evil on themselves.
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a shofar. Tell My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry. When we keep sinning all the time, would we be saved?
Though our iniquities testify against us, Adonai, act for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against You.
“Lift your eyes to the barren hills and see! Where have you not been violated? By the wayside you sat waiting for them like a nomad in the desert. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
She has rebelled against My ordinances by doing wickedness worse than the nations, and against My decrees worse than the surrounding countries. For they have rejected My ordinances and as for My decrees, they have not walked in them.”
Those survivors who escape will head for the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.
“Forge the chain! For the land is full of bloodshed. The city is full of violence.
Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
The Pride of Israel will answer to his face: Israel and Ephraim will stagger in their iniquity, Judah also will stumble with them.
Though the Pride of Israel has answered him to his face, yet they did not return to Adonai their God, nor seek Him about all this.
Therefore, Torah has no effect, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked encircle the righteous Therefore justice comes out perverted.
“But if you don’t do this, behold, you sin against Adonai! Be assured! Your sin will find you out!