Isaiah 59:2

59:2 But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God;

your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers. ¹ 

Isaiah 65:7

65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” ²  says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and offended ³  me on the hills,

I will punish them in full measure.” ⁴ 

[59:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and your sins have caused [his] face to be hidden from you so as not to hear.”

[65:7]  ² tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”

[65:7]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”

[65:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.