Isa 59:1-8 | ESV | STEP | Behold , the Lord’s hand is not shortened , that it cannot save , or his ear dull , that it cannot hear ;

Isaiah 59:1-8

Evil and Oppression

1 Behold, ^athe Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 ^bbut your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
3 ^cFor your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 ^dNo one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
^ethey conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
5 They hatch adders’ eggs;
they weave the spider’s web;
he who eats their eggs dies,
and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.
6 ^fTheir webs will not serve as clothing;
men will not cover themselves with what they make.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and deeds of violence are in their hands.
7 ^gTheir feet run to evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.
8 The way of peace they do not know,
and there is no justice in their paths;
they have made their roads crooked;
^hno one who treads on them knows peace.