Isaiah 59:1

Sin, Confession and Redemption

1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

Isaiah 59:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
ESV
1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
NLT
1 Listen! The LORD ’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.
MSG
1 Look! Listen! God's arm is not amputated - he can still save. God's ears are not stopped up - he can still hear.
CSB
1 Indeed, the Lord's hand is not too short to save, and His ear is not too deaf to hear.

Isaiah 59:1 In-Context

1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.
5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Isaiah 41:20
  • 2. Numbers 11:23; S Isaiah 50:2
  • 3. Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 65:24
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