4/7 (二)
以賽亞書 59：1-4
現代文譯本（2019）
1 不要以為上主不能搭救你們，或耳聾聽不見你們的呼求。
2 他不聽，是因為你們的罪；你們的罪使你們跟上帝隔絕，使你們的敬拜無效。
3 你們雙手沾滿了血，指頭染滿了罪；你們的嘴唇撒謊，舌頭出凶言。
4 你們上法庭，卻不講公道，不說實話。你們靠著謊言訴訟；你們憑著陰謀害人。
ESV
1 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;
2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
3 For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies; your tongue mutters wickedness.
4 No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
《二十一世紀聖經新譯》
這段經文可說是五十八章負面的描寫。這里同樣提出了禱告不蒙垂聽的問題，也有類似的回答（1-2節）。第2節這節經文解釋了神為何毫無所動，因為神已被隔絕了；這里並非說神厭惡他們（例如一15），卻指出這是罪的結果。
