Isaiah 59

1Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

הֵן לֹא־קָצְרָה יַד־יְהוָה מֵהֹושִׁיעַ וְלֹא־כָבְדָה אָזְנֹו מִשְּׁמֹועַ׃ (1540)

2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

כִּי אִם־עֲוֹנֹתֵיכֶם הָיוּ מַבְדִּלִים בֵּינֵכֶם לְבֵין אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶם הִסְתִּירוּ פָנִים מִכֶּם מִשְּׁמֹועַ׃ (3051)

3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

כִּי כַפֵּיכֶם נְגֹאֲלוּ בַדָּם וְאֶצְבְּעֹותֵיכֶם בֶּעָוֹן שִׂפְתֹותֵיכֶם דִּבְּרוּ־שֶׁקֶר לְשֹׁונְכֶם עַוְלָה תֶהְגֶּה׃ (4147)

4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

אֵין־קֹרֵא בְצֶדֶק וְאֵין נִשְׁפָּט בֶּאֱמוּנָה בָּטֹוחַ עַל־תֹּהוּ וְדַבֶּר־שָׁוְא הָרֹו עָמָל וְהֹולֵיד אָוֶן׃ (2692)

5They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

בֵּיצֵי צִפְעֹונִי בִּקֵּעוּ וְקוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ יֶאֱרֹגוּ הָאֹכֵל מִבֵּיצֵיהֶם יָמוּת וְהַזּוּרֶה תִּבָּקַע אֶפְעֶה׃ (3206)

6Their 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.

קוּרֵיהֶם לֹא־יִהְיוּ לְבֶגֶד וְלֹא יִתְכַּסּוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם מַעֲשֵׂי־אָוֶן וּפֹעַל חָמָס בְּכַפֵּיהֶם׃ (2855)

7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

רַגְלֵיהֶם לָרַע יָרֻצוּ וִימַהֲרוּ לִשְׁפֹּךְ דָּם נָקִי מַחְשְׁבֹותֵיהֶם מַחְשְׁבֹות אָוֶן שֹׁד וָשֶׁבֶר בִּמְסִלֹּותָם׃ (4809)

8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

דֶּרֶךְ שָׁלֹום לֹא יָדָעוּ וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּט בְּמַעְגְּלֹותָם נְתִיבֹותֵיהֶם עִקְּשׁוּ לָהֶם כֹּל דֹּרֵךְ בָּהּ לֹא יָדַע שָׁלֹום׃ (4054)

9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

עַל־כֵּן רָחַק מִשְׁפָּט מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא תַשִּׂיגֵנוּ צְדָקָה נְקַוֶּה לָאֹור וְהִנֵּה־חֹשֶׁךְ לִנְגֹהֹות בָּאֲפֵלֹות נְהַלֵּךְ׃ (3958)

10We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

נְגַשְׁשָׁה כַעִוְרִים קִיר וּכְאֵין עֵינַיִם נְגַשֵּׁשָׁה כָּשַׁלְנוּ בַצָּהֳרַיִם כַּנֶּשֶׁף בָּאַשְׁמַנִּים כַּמֵּתִים׃ (4395)

11We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

נֶהֱמֶה כַדֻּבִּים כֻּלָּנוּ וְכַיֹּונִים הָגֹה נֶהְגֶּה נְקַוֶּה לַמִּשְׁפָּט וָאַיִן לִישׁוּעָה רָחֲקָה מִמֶּנּוּ׃ (2057)

12For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

כִּי־רַבּוּ פְשָׁעֵינוּ נֶגְדֶּךָ וְחַטֹּאותֵינוּ עָנְתָה בָּנוּ כִּי־פְשָׁעֵינוּ אִתָּנוּ וַעֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ יְדַעֲנוּם׃ (3691)

13In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

פָּשֹׁעַ וְכַחֵשׁ בַּיהוָה וְנָסֹוג מֵאַחַר אֱלֹהֵינוּ דַּבֶּר־עֹשֶׁק וְסָרָה הֹרֹו וְהֹגֹו מִלֵּב דִּבְרֵי־שָׁקֶר׃ (3354)

14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

וְהֻסַּג אָחֹור מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה מֵרָחֹוק תַּעֲמֹד כִּי־כָשְׁלָה בָרְחֹוב אֱמֶת וּנְכֹחָה לֹא־תוּכַל לָבֹוא׃ (3450)

15Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

וַתְּהִי הָאֱמֶת נֶעְדֶּרֶת וְסָר מֵרָע מִשְׁתֹּולֵל וַיַּרְא יְהוָה וַיֵּרַע בְּעֵינָיו כִּי־אֵין מִשְׁפָּט׃ (4170)

16And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

וַיַּרְא כִּי־אֵין אִישׁ וַיִּשְׁתֹּומֵם כִּי אֵין מַפְגִּיעַ וַתֹּושַׁע לֹו זְרֹעֹו וְצִדְקָתֹו הִיא סְמָכָתְהוּ׃ (3969)

17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

וַיִּלְבַּשׁ צְדָקָה כַּשִּׁרְיָן וְכֹובַע יְשׁוּעָה בְּרֹאשֹׁו וַיִּלְבַּשׁ בִּגְדֵי נָקָם תִּלְבֹּשֶׁת וַיַּעַט כַּמְעִיל קִנְאָה׃ (4241)

18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

כְּעַל גְּמֻלֹות כְּעַל יְשַׁלֵּם חֵמָה לְצָרָיו גְּמוּל לְאֹיְבָיו לָאִיִּים גְּמוּל יְשַׁלֵּם׃ (2176)

19So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

וְיִירְאוּ מִמַּעֲרָב אֶת־שֵׁם יְהוָה וּמִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁמֶשׁ אֶת־כְּבֹודֹו כִּי־יָבֹוא כַנָּהָר צָר רוּחַ יְהוָה נֹסְסָה בֹו׃ (3769)

20And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.

וּבָא לְצִיֹּון גֹּואֵל וּלְשָׁבֵי פֶשַׁע בְּיַעֲקֹב נְאֻם יְהוָה׃ (1334)

21As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

וַאֲנִי זֹאת בְּרִיתִי אֹותָם אָמַר יְהוָה רוּחִי אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיךָ וּדְבָרַי אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי בְּפִיךָ לֹא־יָמוּשׁוּ מִפִּיךָ וּמִפִּי זַרְעֲךָ וּמִפִּי זֶרַע זַרְעֲךָ אָמַר יְהוָה מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עֹולָם׃ (6945)