Isaiah 59

1Look, Yahweh's hand is not so short that it cannot save; nor his ear so dull, that it cannot hear. 2Your sinful acts, however, have separated you from your God, 3For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin. 4No one calls in righteousness, and none pleads his case in truth. 5They hatch eggs of a poisonous snake and weave a spider's web. 6Their webs cannot be used for garments, nor can they cover themselves with their works. 7Their feet run to evil, and they run to pour out innocent blood. 8The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths. 9Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness reach us. 10We grope for the wall like the blind, like those who cannot see. 11We growl like bears and moan like doves; 12For our many transgressions are before you, and our sins testify against us; 13We have rebelled, denying Yahweh and turning away from following our God. 14Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off; 15Trustworthiness has gone away, and he who turns away from evil makes himself a victim. 16He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intervene. 17He put on righteousness as a breastplate and a helmet of salvation upon his head. 18He repaid them for what they had done, angry judgment to his adversaries, vengeance to his enemies, to the islands punishment as their reward. 19So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the sun's rising; for he will come as a rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh. 20“A redeemer will come to Zion and to those who turn from their rebellious deeds in Jacob—this is Yahweh's declaration.