Isaiah

59 Look! The hand of Jehovah is not too short to save,+

Nor is his ear too dull* to hear.+

Your sins have made him hide his face from you,

And he refuses to hear you.+

 3 For your palms are polluted with blood+

And your fingers with error.

 4 No one calls out for righteousness,+

And no one goes to court in truthfulness.

 5 They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake,

And they weave the cobweb of a spider.+

Anyone who eats their eggs would die,

And the egg that is crushed hatches a viper.

 6 Their cobweb will not serve as a garment,

Nor will they cover themselves with what they make.+

Their works are harmful,

And deeds of violence are in their hands.+

 7 Their feet run to do evil,

And they hurry to shed innocent blood.+

Their thoughts are harmful thoughts;

Ruin and misery are in their ways.+

 8 They have not known the way of peace,

And there is no justice in their tracks.+

They make their roadways crooked;

No one treading on them will know peace.+

 9 That is why justice is far away from us,

And righteousness does not overtake us.

We keep hoping for light, but look! there is darkness;

For brightness, but we keep walking in gloom.+

10 We grope for the wall like blind men;

Like those without eyes we keep groping.+

We stumble at high noon as in evening darkness;

Among the strong we are just like the dead.

11 We all keep growling like bears

And cooing mournfully like doves.

We hope for justice, but there is none;

For salvation, but it is far away from us.

12 For our revolts are many before you;+

Each of our sins testifies against us.+

For our revolts are with us;

We well know our errors.+

13 We have transgressed and denied Jehovah;

We have turned our backs on our God.

We have spoken of oppression and revolt;+

We have conceived lies and muttered false words from the heart.+

14 Justice is driven back,+

And righteousness stands far off;+

For truth* has stumbled in the public square,

And what is upright is unable to enter.

15 Truth* has vanished,+

And anyone who turns away from bad is plundered.

Jehovah saw this and was displeased,*

For there was no justice.+

16 He saw that there was no man,

And he was astonished that no one interceded,

So his own arm brought about salvation,*

And his own righteousness supported him.

17 Then he put on righteousness like a coat of mail

And the helmet of salvation* on his head.+

He put on the garments of vengeance as his clothing+

And wrapped himself with zeal like a coat.*

19 From the sunset they will fear the name of Jehovah

And from the sunrise his glory,

For he will come in like a rushing river,

Which the spirit of Jehovah drives along.

20 “To Zion the Repurchaser+ will come,+

To those in Jacob who turn from transgression,”+ declares Jehovah.