Isaiah 59:2

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

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
iniquities	עֲוֹנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ 'a.vo.no.tei.Khem	H5771	perversity · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
separated	מַבְדִּלִ֔ים mav.di.Lim	H914	to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine plural absolute
between	בֵּינֵכֶ֕ם bei.ne.Khem	H996	between (repeated before each noun · cardinal number, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
God	אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם 'e.lo.hei.Khem	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
sins	וְחַטֹּֽאותֵיכֶ֗ם ve.cha.to.tei.Khem	H2403	an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness) · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
hid	הִסְתִּ֧ירוּ his.Ti.ru	H5641	to hide (by covering) · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
face	פָנִ֛ים fa.Nim	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
hear	מִשְּׁמֽוֹעַ mi.she.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

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Cross-references

Proverbs 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
Micah 3:4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themse…
Isaiah 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of…
Deuteronomy 31:17-18 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devou…
Ezekiel 39:23-24 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hi…
Deuteronomy 32:19-20 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Isaiah 57:17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:1-8

The prophet here rectifies the mistake of those who had been quarrelling with God because they had not the deliverances wrought for them which they had been often fasting and praying for, Isa 58:3. Now here he shows, I. That it was not owing to God. They had no reason to lay the fault upon him that they were not saved out of the hands of their enemies; for, 1. He was still as able to help as ever: His hand is not shortened, his power is not at all lessened, straitened, or abridged. Whether we consider the extent of his power or the efficacy of it, God can reach as far as ever and with as strong a hand as ever. Note, The church's salvation comes from the hand of God, and that has not waxed we…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 59:2

hid--Hebrew, "caused Him to hide" (Lam 3:44).

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 59:2

His face - For פנים panim, faces, I read panaiv, his face. So the Syriac, Septuagint, Alexandrian, Arabic, and Vulgate. פני panai, MS. Forte legendum פני panai, nam מ mem, sequitur, et loquitur Deus; confer cap. Isa 58:14. "We should perhaps read פני panai; for מ mem follows, and God is the speaker." - Secker. I rather think that the speech of God was closed with the last chapter, and that this chapter is delivered in the person of the prophet. - L.

John Gill on Isaiah 59:2

Like a partition wall dividing between them, so that they enjoy no communion with him in his worship and ordinances; which is greatly the case of the reformed churches: they profess the true God, and the worship of him, and do attend the outward ordinances of it; but this is done in such a cold formal way, and such sins and wickedness are perpetrated and connived at, that the Lord does not grant his gracious presence to them, but stands at a distance from them: and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear; or have caused him to hide himself; withdraw his gracious presence; neglect the prayers put up to him; deny an answer to them; or, however, not appear as yet for the de…

The Church Fathers

Let us consider our sins, and reviewing the secrets of our action and mind, let us weigh the merits of our conscience.
— Cyprian, Treatise III. On the Lapsed 21

Scripture is accustomed to call hatred "toil." For the word has more than one meaning. Hatred wastes and withers up the hearts of those who receive it. Thus says the psalmist about someone or about Israel as a whole, "He conceived toil and bore iniquity."
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 5:4.59:4-5

The Lord can prohibit adversities, but the merits of sinners cause him to give no aid.… Therefore, let your sins and offences be numbered; let the wounds of your conscience be considered; and let each one cease to complain about God and about us, if he understands that he deserves what he suffers.
— Cyprian, Treatise V. An Address to Demetrianus 11

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Dictionary and topics

Backsliding · Guilt and consequences of — Guilt and consequences of
Lying · A hindrance to prayer — A hindrance to prayer
Murder · God: Rejects the prayers of those guilty of — God: Rejects the prayers of those guilty of
Prayer, Answers To · Denied to those who: Live in sin — Denied to those who: Live in sin
Sin · Prayer hindered by — Prayer hindered by
Sins, National · National prayer rejected on account of — National prayer rejected on account of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 59:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 59:2

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 59:2

John Gill on Isaiah 59:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 59:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 59:2

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 59:2

John Gill on Isaiah 59:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 59:2

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 59:2

Rashi on Isaiah 59:2