Isaiah 59:7-9

Contemporary English Version

^7 (A) You hurry off to do wrong
    or murder innocent victims.
All you think about is sin;
you leave ruin and destruction
    wherever you go.
⁸ You don't know how
to live in peace
    or to be fair with others.
The roads you make are crooked;
your followers cannot find peace.

⁹ No one has come to defend us
    or to bring about justice.
We hoped for a day of sunshine,
but all we found
    was a dark, gloomy night.