1Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save;
2But your iniquities have separated you and your God,
3For your hands are defiled with blood,
4No one sues in righteousness,
5They hatch adders’ eggs
6Their webs won’t become garments.
7Their feet run to evil,
8They don’t know the way of peace;
9Therefore justice is far from us,
10We grope for the wall like the blind.
11We all roar like bears
12For our transgressions are multiplied before you,
13transgressing and denying the LORD,
14Justice is turned away backward,
15Yes, truth is lacking;
16He saw that there was no man,
17He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
18According to their deeds,
19So they will fear the LORD’s name from the west,
20“A Redeemer will come to Zion,
21“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says the LORD, “from now on and forever.”