Yesaya 59:2

59:2 But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God;

your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.¹

Yesaya 59:9

Israel Confesses its Sin

59:9 For this reason deliverance² is far from us³

and salvation does not reach us.

We wait for light,⁴ but see only darkness;⁵

we wait for⁶ a bright light,⁷ but live⁸ in deep darkness.⁹

59:11 We all growl like bears,

we coo mournfully like doves;

we wait for deliverance,¹⁰ but there is none,

for salvation, but it is far from us.