Isaiah 59:2–4

2 But your iniquitiesw are separating you

from your God,

and your sins have hidden his face from youx

so that he does not listen.y

3 For your hands are defiled with blood

and your fingers, with iniquity;

your lips have spoken lies,

and your tongues mutter injustice.

4 No one makes claims justly;

no one pleads honestly.

They trust in empty and worthless words;

they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.z