1Behold2005, the LORD'S3068 hand3027 is not shortened7114, that it cannot save3467; neither his ear241 heavy3513, that it cannot hear8085:
2But your iniquities5771 have separated914 between996 you and your God430, and your sins2403 have hid5641 his face6440 from you, that he will not hear8085.
3For your hands3709 are defiled1351 with blood1818, and your fingers676 with iniquity5771; your lips8193 have spoken1696 lies8267, your tongue3956 hath muttered1897 perverseness5766.
4None calleth7121 for justice6664, nor any pleadeth8199 for truth530: they trust982 in vanity8414, and speak1696 lies7723; they conceive2029 mischief5999, and bring forth3205 iniquity205.
5They hatch1234 cockatrice'6848 eggs1000, and weave707 the spider's5908 web6980: he that eateth398 of their eggs1000 dieth4191, and that which is crushed2116 breaketh out1234 into a viper660.
6Their webs6980 shall not become garments899, neither shall they cover3680 themselves with their works4639: their works4639 are works4639 of iniquity205, and the act6467 of violence2555 is in their hands3709.
7Their feet7272 run7323 to evil7451, and they make haste4116 to shed8210 innocent5355 blood1818: their thoughts4284 are thoughts4284 of iniquity205; wasting7701 and destruction7667 are in their paths4546.
8The way1870 of peace7965 they know3045 not; and there is no judgment4941 in their goings4570: they have made them crooked6140 paths5410: whosoever goeth1869 therein shall not know3045 peace7965.
9Therefore is judgment4941 far7368 from us, neither doth justice6666 overtake5381 us: we wait6960 for light216, but behold obscurity2822; for brightness5054, but we walk1980 in darkness653.
10We grope1659 for the wall7023 like the blind5787, and we grope1659 as if we had no eyes5869: we stumble3782 at noonday6672 as in the night5399; we are in desolate820 places as dead4191 men.
11We roar1993 all like bears1677, and mourn1897 sore1897 like doves3123: we look6960 for judgment4941, but there is none; for salvation3444, but it is far off7368 from us.
12For our transgressions6588 are multiplied7231 before thee, and our sins2403 testify6030 against us: for our transgressions6588 are with us; and as for our iniquities5771, we know3045 them;
13In transgressing6586 and lying3584 against the LORD3068, and departing away5253 from310 our God430, speaking1696 oppression6233 and revolt5627, conceiving2029 and uttering1897 from the heart3820 words1697 of falsehood8267.
14And judgment4941 is turned away5253 backward268, and justice6666 standeth5975 afar off7350: for truth571 is fallen3782 in the street7339, and equity5229 cannot3201 enter935.
15Yea, truth571 faileth5737; and he that departeth5493 from evil7451 maketh himself a prey7997: and the LORD3068 saw7200 it, and it displeased3415 5869 him that there was no judgment4941.
16And he saw7200 that there was no man376, and wondered8074 that there was no intercessor6293: therefore his arm2220 brought salvation3467 unto him; and his righteousness6666, it sustained5564 him.
17For he put on3847 righteousness6666 as a breastplate8302, and an helmet3553 of salvation3444 upon his head7218; and he put on3847 the garments899 of vengeance5359 for clothing8516, and was clad5844 with zeal7068 as a cloke4598.
18According to5921 their deeds1578, accordingly he will repay7999, fury2534 to his adversaries6862, recompence1576 to his enemies341; to the islands339 he will repay7999 recompence1576.
19So shall they fear3372 the name8034 of the LORD3068 from the west4628, and his glory3519 from the rising4217 of the sun8121. When the enemy6862 shall come in935 like a flood5104, the Spirit7307 of the LORD3068 shall lift up a standard5127 against him.
20And the Redeemer1350 shall come935 to Zion6726, and unto them that turn7725 from transgression6588 in Jacob3290, saith5002 the LORD3068.
21As for me, this is my covenant1285 with them, saith559 the LORD3068; My spirit7307 that is upon thee, and my words1697 which I have put7760 in thy mouth6310, shall not depart4185 out of thy mouth6310, nor out of the mouth6310 of thy seed2233, nor out of the mouth6310 of thy seed's2233 seed2233, saith559 the LORD3068, from henceforth and for5704 ever5769.