Isaiah 59:2-4

New English Translation

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.^[a]
3 For your hands are stained with blood
and your fingers with sin;
your lips speak lies,
your tongue utters malicious words.
⁴ No one is concerned about justice;^[b]
no one sets forth his case truthfully.
They depend on false words^[c] and tell lies;
they conceive of oppression^[d]
and give birth to sin.