Isaiah 59:1-8

Living Bible

59 Listen now! The Lord isn’t too weak to save you. And he isn’t getting deaf! He can hear you when you call! ² But the trouble is that your sins have cut you off from God. Because of sin he has turned his face away from you and will not listen anymore. ³ For your hands are those of murderers and your fingers are filthy with sin. You lie and grumble and oppose the good. ⁴ No one cares about being fair and true. Your lawsuits are based on lies; you spend your time plotting evil deeds and doing them. ⁵ You spend your time and energy in spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions. ⁶ You cheat and shortchange everyone. Everything you do is filled with sin; violence is your trademark. ⁷ Your feet run to do evil and rush to murder; your thoughts are only of sinning, and wherever you go you leave behind a trail of misery and death. ⁸ You don’t know what true peace is, nor what it means to be just and good; you continually do wrong and those who follow you won’t experience any peace either.