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Isaiah 59:2

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But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

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Verse 2. Iniquities. The history of Susanna shews that the captives were not all free from sin, which alone prevented their liberation. Lamentations 3:44. Calmet.—God is willing and able to save. He punishes for sin, to cause us to repent. verse 20. Worthington.

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