Isaiah 59:1–8

Behold, ^athe Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save;

Neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

²But ^byour iniquities have separated between you and your God,

And your sins ^||have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

³For ^cyour hands ^dare defiled with blood,

And your fingers with iniquity;

Your lips ^ehave spoken lies,

Your tongue hath ^mmuttered perverseness.

⁴None calleth for justice, nor any ^fpleadeth for truth:

They trust ^gin vanity, and ^espeak lies;

^hiThey conceive mischief, and ⁱbring forth iniquity.

⁵They hatch ^||cockatrice’ eggs,

And weave ^kthe spider’s web:

He that eateth of their eggs dieth,

And ^||lthat which is crushed breaketh out into ^ma viper.

^6kTheir webs shall not become garments,

Neither shall they cover themselves with their works:

Their works are works of iniquity,

And the act of violence is in their hands.

^7noTheir feet run to evil,

ⁿAnd they make haste to shed innocent blood:

Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;

^opWasting and ^†destruction are in their paths.

^8oThe way of peace they know not;

And there is no ^||judgment in their ^qgoings:

^rThey have made them crooked paths:

Whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.