Isaiah 59:1-8

New American Standard Bible 1995

59 Behold, ^(A)the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
^(B)Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.
² But your ^(C)iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His ^[a]face from you so that He does ^(D)not hear.
³ For your ^(E)hands are defiled with blood
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken ^(F)falsehood,
Your tongue mutters wickedness.
^4 (G)No one sues righteously and ^(H)no one pleads ^[b]honestly.
They ^(I)trust in confusion and speak lies;
They ^(J)conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
⁵ They hatch adders’ eggs and ^(K)weave the spider’s web;
He who eats of their eggs dies,
And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth.
⁶ Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they ^(L)cover themselves with their works;
Their ^(M)works are works of iniquity,
And an ^(N)act of violence is in their ^[c]hands.
^7 (O)Their feet run to evil,
And they hasten to shed innocent blood;
^(P)Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
⁸ They do not know the ^(Q)way of peace,
And there is ^(R)no justice in their tracks;
They have made their paths crooked,
^(S)Whoever treads on ^[d]them does not know peace.