Isaiah 59:12-14

New Century Version

¹² We have done many wrong things against our God;
    our sins show we are wrong.
We know we have turned against God;
    we know the evil things we have done:
¹³ sinning and rejecting the Lord,
    turning away from our God,
planning to hurt others and to disobey God,
    planning and speaking lies.
¹⁴ So we have driven away justice,
    and we have kept away from what is right.
Truth is not spoken in the streets;
    what is honest is not allowed to enter the city.