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11 We all groan like bears,
    and we coo mutteringly like doves.
We wait for justice, but[a] there is none;
    for salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our transgressions are numerous before you,
    and our sins testify[b] against us.
Indeed, our transgressions are with us,
    and we know our iniquities:
13 transgressing and denying Yahweh,
    and turning away from following[c] our God;
speaking oppression and falsehood,
    conceiving and uttering words of deception from the heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:11 Or “and”
  2. Isaiah 59:12 Or “answers”
  3. Isaiah 59:13 Literally “back from behind”