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Butכִּי אִםyour iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתֵיכֶםhave beenהָיוּwhat separatesמַבְדִּלִיםbetween youבֵּינֵכֶםand your Elohim,לְבֵין אֱלֹהֵיכֶםand your sinsוְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶםhave hiddenהִסְתִּירוּhis faceפָנִיםfrom youמִכֶּםso that he does not hear.מִשְּׁמוֹעַ
Isaiah 59:2
Study it in the app“But your iniquities have been what separates between you and your Elohim, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 59:2, word by word
- your iniquitiesעֲוֺנֹתֵיavonote
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonote” appears- have beenהָיוּhayu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appears- what separatesמַבְדִּלִיםmavdilim
separate
Separate, make a distinction between two things; also set something apart for a purpose.
Where else “mavdilim” appears- and your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- and your sinsחַטֹּאותֵיchatovte
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatovte” appears- have hiddenהִסְתִּירוּhistiru
hide the face
"Hide the face": withdraw favor.
Where else “histiru” appears- his faceפָנִיםfanim
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “fanim” appears- so that he does not hearשְּׁמוֹעַshemoa
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appears
The context
1Look, the hand of YHWH has not grown too short to save, nor his ear too heavy to hear.
2 · This verse (above)
3For your palms are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken falsehood; your tongue mutters injustice.