Isaiah 59:8 - Prayer Tents

Isaiah 59

59Look! Listen! GOD's arm is not amputated—he can still save. GOD's ears are not stopped up—he can still hear.H2005H3068H3027H7114H3467H241H3513H80852There's nothing wrong with God; the wrong is in you. Your wrongheaded lives caused the split between you and God. Your sins got between you so that he doesn't hear.H5771H914H996H430H2403H5641H6440H80853Your hands are drenched in blood, your fingers dripping with guilt, Your lips smeared with lies, your tongue swollen from muttering obscenities.H3709H1351H1818H676H5771H8193H1696H8267H3956H1897H57664No one speaks up for the right, no one deals fairly. They trust in illusion, they tell lies, they get pregnant with mischief and have sin-babies.H7121H6664H8199H530H982H8414H1696H7723H2029H5999H3205H2055They hatch snake eggs and weave spider webs. Eat an egg and die; break an egg and get a snake!H1234H6848H1000H707H5908H6980H398H1000H4191H2116H1234H6606The spider webs are no good for shirts or shawls. No one can wear these weavings! They weave wickedness, they hatch violence.H6980H899H3680H4639H4639H4639H205H6467H2555H37097They compete in the race to do evil and run to be the first to murder. They plan and plot evil, think and breathe evil, and leave a trail of wrecked lives behind them.H7272H7323H7451H4116H8210H5355H1818H4284H4284H205H7701H7667H45468They know nothing about peace and less than nothing about justice. They make tortuously twisted roads. No peace for the wretch who walks down those roads!H1870H7965H3045H4941H4570H6140H5410H1869H3045H79659Which means that we're a far cry from fair dealing, and we're not even close to right living. We long for light but sink into darkness, long for brightness but stumble through the night.H4941H7368H6666H5381H6960H216H2822H5054H1980H65310Like the blind, we inch along a wall, groping eyeless in the dark. We shuffle our way in broad daylight, like the dead, but somehow walking.H1659H7023H5787H1659H5869H3782H6672H5399H820H419111We're no better off than bears, groaning, and no worse off than doves, moaning. We look for justice—not a sign of it; for salvation—not so much as a hint.H1993H1677H1897H1897H3123H6960H4941H3444H736812Our wrongdoings pile up before you, God, our sins stand up and accuse us. Our wrongdoings stare us down; we know in detail what we've done:H6588H7231H2403H6030H6588H5771H304513Mocking and denying GOD, not following our God, Spreading false rumors, inciting sedition, pregnant with lies, muttering malice.H6586H3584H3068H5253H310H430H1696H6233H5627H2029H1897H3820H1697H826714Justice is beaten back, Righteousness is banished to the sidelines, Truth staggers down the street, Honesty is nowhere to be found,H4941H5253H268H6666H5975H7350H571H3782H7339H5229H3201H93515Good is missing in action. Anyone renouncing evil is beaten and robbed. GOD looked and saw evil looming on the horizon— so much evil and no sign of Justice.H571H5737H5493H7451H7997H3068H7200H3415H5869H494116He couldn't believe what he saw: not a soul around to correct this awful situation. So he did it himself, took on the work of Salvation, fueled by his own Righteousness.H7200H376H8074H6293H2220H3467H6666H556417He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of armor, with Salvation on his head like a helmet, Put on Judgment like an overcoat, and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders.H3847H6666H8302H3553H3444H7218H3847H899H5359H8516H5844H7068H459818He'll make everyone pay for what they've done: fury for his foes, just deserts for his enemies. Even the far-off islands will get paid off in full.H5921H1578H7999H2534H6862H1576H341H339H7999H157619In the west they'll fear the name of GOD, in the east they'll fear the glory of GOD, For he'll arrive like a river in flood stage, whipped to a torrent by the wind of GOD.H3372H8034H3068H4628H3519H4217H8121H6862H935H5104H7307H3068H512720"I'll arrive in Zion as Redeemer, to those in Jacob who leave their sins." GOD's Decree.H1350H935H6726H7725H6588H3290H5002H306821"As for me," GOD says, "this is my covenant with them: My Spirit that I've placed upon you and the words that I've given you to speak, they're not going to leave your mouths nor the mouths of your children nor the mouths of your grandchildren. You will keep repeating these words and won't ever stop." GOD's orders.H1285H559H3068H7307H1697H7760H6310H4185H6310H6310H2233H6310H2233H2233H559H3068H5704H5769