Isaiah 59:2

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“But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.”

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BSBPD

“But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you--from hearing.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 59:2 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 31:17On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
  2. Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
  3. Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
  4. 1 Samuel 4:3When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
  5. Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
  6. Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
  7. Isaiah 50:1This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
  8. Isaiah 57:17I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
  9. Isaiah 58:4You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
  10. Jeremiah 5:25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
  11. Ezekiel 39:23And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.
  12. Ezekiel 39:24I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.
  13. Ezekiel 39:29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
  14. Micah 3:4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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