<vn='1'><sn="2005">Behold</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's <sn="3027">hand</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7114">shortened</s>, that it cannot <sn="4480 3467">save</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> his <sn="241">ear</s><sn="3513">heavy</s>, that it cannot <sn="4480 8085">hear</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3588 518">But</s> your <sn="5771">iniquities</s><sn="1961">have</s><sn="914">separated</s><sn="996">between</s> you and your <sn="430">God</s>, and your <sn="2403">sins</s> have <sn="5641">hid</s> his <sn="6440">face</s><sn="4480">from</s> you, that he will not <sn="4480 8085">hear</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3588">For</s> your <sn="3709">hands</s> are <sn="1351">defiled</s> with <sn="1818">blood</s>, and your <sn="676">fingers</s> with <sn="5771">iniquity</s>; your <sn="8193">lips</s> have <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="8267">lies</s>, your <sn="3956">tongue</s> hath <sn="1897">muttered</s><sn="5766">perverseness</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="369">None</s><sn="7121">calleth</s> for <sn="6664">justice</s>, <sn="369">nor</s> any <sn="8199">pleadeth</s> for <sn="530">truth</s>: they <sn="982">trust</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="8414">vanity</s>, and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="7723">lies</s>; they <sn="2029">conceive</s><sn="5999">mischief</s>, and bring <sn="3205">forth</s><sn="205">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>They <sn="1234">hatch</s><sn="6848">cockatrice</s> ' <sn="1000">eggs</s>, and <sn="707">weave</s> the <sn="5908">spider</s> 's <sn="6980">web</s>: he that <sn="398">eateth</s> of their <sn="4480 1000">eggs</s><sn="4191">dieth</s>, and that which is <sn="2116">crushed</s> breaketh <sn="1234">out</s> into a <sn="660">viper</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Their <sn="6980">webs</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1961">become</s><sn="899">garments</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall they cover <sn="3680">themselves</s> with their <sn="4639">works</s>: their <sn="4639">works</s> are <sn="4639">works</s> of <sn="205">iniquity</s>, and the <sn="6467">act</s> of <sn="2555">violence</s> is in their <sn="3709">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Their <sn="7272">feet</s><sn="7323">run</s> to <sn="7451">evil</s>, and they make <sn="4116">haste</s> to <sn="8210">shed</s><sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s>: their <sn="4284">thoughts</s> are <sn="4284">thoughts</s> of <sn="205">iniquity</s>; <sn="7701">wasting</s> and <sn="7667">destruction</s> are in their <sn="4546">paths</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="7965">peace</s> they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s>; and there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="4941">judgment</s> in their <sn="4570">goings</s>: they have made them <sn="6140">crooked</s><sn="5410">paths</s>: <sn="3605">whosoever</s><sn="1869">goeth</s> therein shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">know</s><sn="7965">peace</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> is judgment <sn="7368 4941">far</s><sn="4480">from</s> us, <sn="3808">neither</s> doth <sn="6666">justice</s><sn="5381">overtake</s> us: we <sn="6960">wait</s> for <sn="216">light</s>, but <sn="2009">behold</s><sn="2822">obscurity</s>; for <sn="5054">brightness</s>, but we <sn="1980">walk</s> in <sn="653">darkness</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>We <sn="1659">grope</s> for the <sn="7023">wall</s> like the <sn="5787">blind</s>, and we <sn="1659">grope</s> as if we had <sn="369">no</s><sn="5869">eyes</s>: we <sn="3782">stumble</s> at <sn="6672">noonday</s> as in the <sn="5399">night</s>; we are in desolate <sn="820">places</s> as <sn="4191">dead</s> men. </v>
<vn='11'>We <sn="1993">roar</s><sn="3605">all</s> like <sn="1677">bears</s>, and <sn="1897 1897">mourn</s> sore like <sn="3123">doves</s>: we <sn="6960">look</s> for <sn="4941">judgment</s>, but there is <sn="369">none</s>; for <sn="3444">salvation</s>, but it is far <sn="7368">off</s><sn="4480">from</s> us. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">For</s> our <sn="6588">transgressions</s> are <sn="7231">multiplied</s><sn="5048">before</s> thee, and our <sn="2403">sins</s><sn="6030">testify</s> against us: <sn="3588">for</s> our <sn="6588">transgressions</s> are <sn="854">with</s> us; and as for our <sn="5771">iniquities</s>, we <sn="3045">know</s> them; </v>
<vn='13'>In <sn="6586">transgressing</s> and <sn="3584">lying</s> against the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and departing <sn="5253">away</s><sn="4480 310">from</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="1696">speaking</s><sn="6233">oppression</s> and <sn="5627">revolt</s>, <sn="2029">conceiving</s> and <sn="1897">uttering</s> from the <sn="4480 3820">heart</s><sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="8267">falsehood</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="4941">judgment</s> is turned <sn="5253">away</s><sn="268">backward</s>, and <sn="6666">justice</s><sn="5975">standeth</s> afar <sn="4480 7350">off</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="571">truth</s> is <sn="3782">fallen</s> in the <sn="7339">street</s>, and <sn="5229">equity</s><sn="3201 3808">cannot</s><sn="935">enter</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Yea, <sn="571">truth</s><sn="1961 5737">faileth</s>; and he that <sn="5493">departeth</s> from <sn="4480 7451">evil</s> maketh himself a <sn="7997">prey</s>: and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">saw</s> it, and it <sn="7489 5869">displeased</s> him <sn="3588">that</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="376">man</s>, and <sn="8074">wondered</s><sn="3588">that</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="6293">intercessor</s>: therefore his <sn="2220">arm</s> brought <sn="3467">salvation</s> unto him; and his <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, <sn="1931">it</s><sn="5564">sustained</s> him. </v>
<vn='17'>For he put <sn="3847">on</s><sn="6666">righteousness</s> as a <sn="8302">breastplate</s>, and a <sn="3553">helmet</s> of <sn="3444">salvation</s> upon his <sn="7218">head</s>; and he put <sn="3847">on</s> the <sn="899">garments</s> of <sn="5359">vengeance</s> for <sn="8516">clothing</s>, and was <sn="5844">clad</s> with <sn="7068">zeal</s> as a <sn="4598">cloak</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="5921">According</s> to their <sn="1578">deeds</s>, <sn="5921">accordingly</s> he will <sn="7999">repay</s>, <sn="2534">fury</s> to his <sn="6862">adversaries</s>, <sn="1576">recompense</s> to his <sn="341">enemies</s>; to the <sn="339">islands</s> he will <sn="7999">repay</s><sn="1576">recompense</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>So shall they <sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> from the <sn="4480 4628">west</s>, and <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3519">glory</s> from the <sn="4480 4217">rising</s> of the <sn="8121">sun</s>. <sn="3588">When</s> the <sn="6862">enemy</s> shall come <sn="935">in</s> like a <sn="5104">flood</s>, the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall lift up a <sn="5127">standard</s> against him. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="1350">Redeemer</s> shall <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="6726">Zion</s>, and unto them that turn <sn="7725">from</s><sn="6588">transgression</s> in <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>As for <sn="589">me</s>, <sn="2063">this</s> is my <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="854">with</s> them, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; My <sn="7307">spirit</s><sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5921">upon</s> thee, and my <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">which</s> I have <sn="7760">put</s> in thy <sn="6310">mouth</s>, shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4185">depart</s> out of thy <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>, nor out of the <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s> of thy <sn="2233">seed</s>, nor out of the <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s> of thy <sn="2233">seed</s> 's <sn="2233">seed</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, from <sn="4480 6258">henceforth</s> and <sn="5704 5769">forever</s>. </v>