10 We grope for the wall like the [a]blind, and we grope as one without eyes: we stumble at the noon day as in the twilight: we are in solitary places, as dead men.

11 We roar all like [b]bears, and mourn like doves: we look for equity, but there is none: for health, but it is far from us.

12 For our trespasses are many before thee, and our [c]sins testify against us: for our trespasses are with us, and we know our iniquities

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:10 We are altogether destitute of counsel, and can find no end of our miseries.
  2. Isaiah 59:11 We express our sorrows by outward signs, some more, some less.
  3. Isaiah 59:12 This confession is general to the Church to obtain remission of sins, and the Prophets did not exempt themselves from the same.

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