Isaiah 59:1

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Injustice Brings Alienation from God Look, the LORD’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 50:2 : 2 Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.
  • Num 11:23 : 23 And the LORD said to Moses,“Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”
  • Jer 32:17 : 17 ‘Oh, Sovereign LORD, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!
  • Isa 65:24 : 24 Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
  • Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything impossible for the LORD? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”
  • Matt 13:15 : 15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
  • Isa 58:9 : 9 Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.
  • Isa 63:1 : 1 The Victorious Divine Warrior Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength?“It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

  • Isa 59:16
    72%

    16The Lord Intervenes He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.

  • Isa 50:2
    71%

    2Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

  • Isa 52:10
    70%

    10The LORD reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

  • Isa 63:5
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    5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.

  • Isa 42:18-20
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    18The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

    19My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.

    20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

  • Isa 40:27-28
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    27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

    28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is an eternal God, the Creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom.

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    5I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.

  • Jer 13:15
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    15Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.

  • Isa 45:22
    69%

    22Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.

  • Num 11:23
    69%

    23And the LORD said to Moses,“Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!”

  • Isa 58:9
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    9Then you will call out, and the LORD will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply,‘Here I am.’ You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

  • Isa 64:7
    69%

    7No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

  • Isa 40:9-10
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    9Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don’t be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah,“Here is your God!”

    10Look, the Sovereign LORD comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.

  • Isa 39:5
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    5Isaiah said to Hezekiah,“Listen to the message of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:

  • Jer 23:23
    68%

    23Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the LORD asks.

  • 2 Sam 22:42
    68%

    42They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

  • Isa 49:8
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    8This is what the LORD says:“At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property.

  • Jer 32:17
    68%

    17‘Oh, Sovereign LORD, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you!

  • Dan 9:14
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    14The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just in all he has done, and we have not obeyed him.

  • Ps 89:13
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    13Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious.

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    20Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.

  • Amos 9:8
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    8Look, the Sovereign LORD is watching the sinful nation, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob,” says the LORD.

  • Isa 50:5
    67%

    5The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.

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    11Look, the LORD announces to the entire earth:“Say to Daughter Zion,‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!’”

  • Isa 46:7
    67%

    7They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress.

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    9LORD, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!

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    67%

    11I, I am the LORD, and there is no deliverer besides me.

  • Isa 55:8
    67%

    8“Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,” says the LORD,

  • Isa 33:22
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    22For the LORD, our ruler, the LORD, our commander, the LORD, our king– he will deliver us.

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    67%

    6Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

  • Ps 60:5
    67%

    5Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe.

  • Isa 66:2
    67%

    2My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the LORD. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

  • Jer 5:21
    67%

    21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

  • Acts 7:50
    67%

    50Did my hand not make all these things?’

  • Ps 34:15
    67%

    15The LORD pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.

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    1Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the LORD’s power revealed through him?

  • Ps 20:6
    67%

    6Now I am sure that the LORD will deliver his chosen king; he will intervene for him from his holy heavenly temple, and display his mighty ability to deliver.

  • Isa 35:5
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    5Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

  • Isa 58:1
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    41They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

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    16On that day they will say to Jerusalem,“Don’t be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!

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    15Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion!

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    2Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”

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    4Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

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    67%

    20“A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds,” says the LORD.