Isaiah 59:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 59:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 59:12 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 59:12 — KJV
“For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;”
— Isaiah 59:12 (KJV)
Isaiah 59:12 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 59:12
“And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. against: Heb. before go...: Heb. do”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 59:12: before, testify, against
“When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 59:12: before, against, know
“And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a fit...: Heb. a man of opportunity”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 59:12: transgressions, sins, iniquities
“And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 59:12: transgressions, before, against
“Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 59:12: before, sins, against
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