Isaiah 59:1-7 ▼

1 Surely the arm of the LORD {YHWH} is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.

2 But your⁺ iniquities have built barriers between you⁺ and your⁺ God {Eloheikem}, and your⁺ sins have hidden His face from you⁺, so that He does not hear.

3 For your⁺ hands are stained with blood, and your⁺ fingers with iniquity; your⁺ lips have spoken lies, and your⁺ tongue mutters injustice.

4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

6 Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

7 Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction [misery] lie in their wake.